Trump s message to Congress: This is a presidency by billionaires, for billionaires

Get the Full StoryIn his speech to Congress, the president laid out plans to enrich corporations and deep-pocketed individuals, from DOGE s cuts to the new gold card.

Forty-three days after taking office for the second time, President Donald Trump delivered a joint address to Congress on Tuesday, in the same chamber that an angry mob of his supporters ransacked four years earlier in an attempt to overthrow the government. Like most Trump speeches of late, this one was a lengthy, rambling affair that clocked in as the longest-ever joint address to Congress by a healthy margin. Many Democratic lawmakers elected not to attend at all, and several who did show left well before Trump wrapped for the night. Apparently, one can only spend so much off-the-clock time in the same room as a euphoric, seal-clapping Lauren Boebert before deciding to try and beat traffic instead.

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