The main announcement of a long speech, lasting a good 100 minutes (the longest ever by an American president in front of the joint chambers), Donald Trump gives it towards the end: «I have received an important letter from Ukrainian President Zelensky who says he is ready to sit at the negotiating table as soon as possible to get closer to a lasting peace and to sign the agreement on rare earths at any time», the news revealed by the president of the United States. A backtracking, appreciated by Trump himself, a few days after the sensational clash in the Oval House and which follows the words of Zelensky himself . «We have also received strong signals from Russia, they are ready for peace», added the tycoon.
Donald Trump, before Congress, had begun with a catchy phrase: "America is back... and the American dream is growing, bigger and better than ever." He also defended his trade war that has sunk the stock markets , explaining that the tariffs "serve not only to protect American jobs but also the soul of our country," while admitting that "there will be some small disruptions." He then reiterated that the US "will respond with duty for duty, tax for tax," and that Mexico and Canada "must do more to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and illegal immigrants," leaving the door open to a compromise.
Still on the foreign front, the tycoon confirmed his intention to take back the Panama Canal, partly already snatched from the Chinese with the recent purchase of two ports by BlackRock, and Greenland "one way or another", while saying he wanted to respect the right of the population to determine its future . For the rest, Trump boasted about the successes of his first 43 days in office, praised by the Republicans, while some Dems boycotted the appointment in protest and others interrupted it repeatedly (one deputy was expelled from the chamber). Among their guests were some victims of Trump's policies. Deputies and senators of the Donkey party dressed in pink to "demonstrate women's unity" against The Donald and in defense of reproductive rights.
Among the protest signs was one with the slogan "Musk steals". But Trump thanked him, while attacking Biden for having left him a legacy of "an economic catastrophe and nightmare inflation", also blaming him for the skyrocketing prices of eggs. There was also room for cultural wars: "Our country will no longer be woke" .
(Online Union)