In speech before Congress, Trump defends his immigration policy and economic measures

The president of the United States, Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday night a speech before a joint session of the US Congress, 43 days after swearing for the second time to the position.

After a long ovation by the Republicans, Trump began his message to the nation shortly after 9 pm

«The United States is back,» he said at the beginning.

He highlighted the «rapid and implacable actions» that he made since he assumed the position, when he proclaimed «the dawn of the Golden Age of the United States.»

«We have achieved more in 43 days than most governments have achieved in 4 or 5 years and is just the beginning,» he said.

While President Trump advanced the first part of his speech was interrupted by some Democratic representatives and from the head of the congress there was a call to order and invited to go to Green, representative of Texas.

After his expulsion for repeatedly shouting to Trump that «he had no mandate» to cut Medicaid, Green made a surprise stop in the itinerant press room of the White House and answered some questions.

«It is worth that people know that there are some people who are going to stand up,» said Green.

Illegal immigration

During his speech, Trump considered that the emergency declaration on the southern border has succeeded after deploying the National Guard. «The number of border crosses have ever registered,» said President Trump and added that illegal immigrants «heard my words and chose not to come.»

The most crucial step is to ensure the borders of the United States, Trump said. He insisted that under the «open border policy, so crazy and dangerous» of the Biden Administration entered gangs that were entered «and we are taking them out at a well accelerated pace», with raids and deportations.

«Now we are reaching the great liberation of the United States. But there is a lot of work to do yet,» he said.

He thanked the officials of his administration dedicated to the border issue and greeted the presence in the Congress of the mother and sister of the nursing student, Laken Riley, killed last year by a Venezuelan citizen who had irregularly entered through the southern border. Riley’s name is now that of a law authorizing the detention of migrants accused of crimes.

He said that the Biden administration, «bent over the weight of immigrants,» he gave as an example that two Venezuelans killed a young woman in Texas, and in the same act showed the decree to rename a forest reserve in Texas with the name of the victim.

The defendants of the murder were members of the Aragua train, and Trump stressed that this criminal organization, together with the MS-13 and drug trafficking groups in Mexico are now considered terrorists.

President Trump said Mexico has delivered 29 members of the drug cartels «to please us», but more need to be done.

He added that Mexico and Canada must «do more» to stop the traffic of fentanil, and hopes that Congress will work soon with legislation to face the problem.

Balance the federal budget

«We are going to lower inflation, food prices and protect the pockets of American families,» and interest rates descended, Trump said. He added that in the future he wants to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget.

The US president highlighted recent measures such as the creation of a gold card, which, he said, will allow «the most successful creators around the world buy the road to citizens. They will have to pay taxes to create jobs.»

«We are going to bring people who create jobs and we will reduce debt to that money,» he said.

International matters

Trump reiterated that the United States has to recover the Panama Canal, because it is of great importance for national security.

He stressed in that sense that a company in the United States has already begun to assume control of ports on the channel.

He also referred to Greenland and the importance of that territory for the United States. He told the residents of that island that they would be welcome to the United States, «if they wanted them.»

While talking about international issues, he praised the work of the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, of Cuban origin. Rubio is very respected and obtained the support of all senators in his confirmation process, Trump said.

About Ukraine, he said he continues to work to achieve peace, find the solution to end the war that «kills more than two thousand people per week.» «I want that to end,» he said.

A problem is that Europeans dedicate more resources to the purchase of gas and oil in Russia, than to the defense of Ukraine, explained the president. The United States has given billions of dollars to Ukraine, although Europeans contribute less, he stressed.

Trump announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent him a letter this Tuesday giving his support to the peace efforts made by the White House.

President Trump also confirmed that Russia has said he wishes to end war. It is a meaningless war, said the president of the United States.

Other topics

Trump pointed to public insecurity in the United States, especially with «radicalization», and the existence of criminal gangs, adding that the protection of the police is crucial and that they should be given legal guarantees to act in compliance with duty.

He stressed that the more than 400 executive orders he has signed in the weeks in power are giving results.

Then, the President said that the United States has abandoned the Paris Agreement, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Human Rights Division, considering that «they are corrupt organizations.»

He also highlighted the creation of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) and Elon Musk’s leadership. Efusively thanked the arduous work he does.