President Trump’s address to Congress

And, senior lawmakers were busy throwing cold water on Trump’s budget proposal, which was made public in broad outlines on Monday. For a Congress that has Republican majorities in the House and Senate, there was an expectation of speedier action. Instead, he delivered a lengthy speech without incident, with the usual presidential gestures toward national unity.

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Trump’s talk about draining the swamp and his Homeland Security office dedicated to the victims of illegal immigrants really had Democratic legislators going.

While such language could please conservatives, Trump is on Capitol Hill after sending shockwaves through Washington earlier Tuesday by telling reporters he wants to pass an immigration reform bill that could grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the US. And in his address, Trump heralded a “merit-based immigration system” and a path to citizenship for many. “[Today] needs to be the start of something because we’ve floated along…we need something to come out of this White House that we can finally get a grip on that we haven’t so far”. Yet the president only obliquely referenced this head-turning position in his speech. In 1981, Ronald Reagan said that it was not “his agenda” but “our agenda”. George W. Bush talked about his domestic agenda, education and the worldwide community.

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“Based upon the initial investigative activity, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the US Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, is investigating this incident as a hate crime”, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

Since then we have been hearing about the incidents of detention and questioning from noted Muslims inside America at different airports.

Trump delivered his first address to the legislature on Tuesday night amid a spike in antisemitic incidents across the country, including over 75 reported bomb threats to Jewish institutions, Nazi-themed vandalism in Jewish neighborhoods and the desecration of two Jewish cemeteries in Missouri and Pennsylvania. “I commend the President for his quick work to fulfill many of his campaign promises, and I’m looking forward to working with him and his administration on behalf of hardworking Americans and Georgians”.

In an hour, President Donald Trump covered a lot of ground in his first address to Congress.

Democrats sat on their hands. He pledged to vigorously target people living in the USA illegally who “threaten our communities and prey on our citizens”. Some Democrats also wore blue ribbons for the American Civil Liberties Union, which was instrumental in challenging Trump’s immigration ban.

As we’ve seen over the past month, the White House’s overall aim has less to do with reducing terrorism and more with signaling official contempt for Islam. The dress was a nod to the suffragette movement.