President Donald Trump gave one of the best — and most strident — speeches of his career on Tuesday when hedelivered the first State of the Unionof his second term.
Trump always excels in these set-piece performances. He knows how to use the whole room as an instrument — even the halls behind the chamber, where troops returning home sometimes wait to surprise tearful spouses.
On Tuesday, it was thegold-medal-winning men’s hockey teamwaiting in the wings, almost stealing the show when they emerged to a raucous standing ovation.
Even someDemocrats broke their stony silenceto stand.
“That’s the first time I’ve ever seen them get up,” Trump quipped. “And actually, not all of them did get up.”
Trump is pursuing his own gold medal: holding Congress in the midterms, a rare achievement for a sitting president.
He took jabs at Democrats all night, drawing a clear distinction between the two sides.
He attacked them for their government shutdowns. He slammed them for voting against tax cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” — prompting another rare ovation from Democrats, who applauded themselves.
Trump also recounted some of his early successes.
His first — which even critics acknowledge — is securing the border.
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