White House press secretary holds briefing after Trump’s chaotic 100-minute-long Congress address

I love the farmer – who will now be selling into our home market, the USA.” ... Have a lot of fun. I love you, too.”

He hailed his tariff hikes as “protecting the soul of our country”, saying ... But many farmers make money selling abroad, so they may not appreciate Trump’s sanguine exclamation

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Our goal is to get toxins out of our environment.”

Giving a shout-out to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump said

Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.”

He added, as his secretary of state looked on

We have Marco Rubio in charge,

Trump said

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We are going to renew the unlimited promise of the American dream."

But Donald Trump was undaunted, telling his friends, his foes and the world at large

Ultimately, the West is dismantling itself through the US, without other powers having to do anything,

Mildner said

In his first administration, ... it certainly worked out."

said Mildner

In fact, the whole thing was more like a campaign speech than a classic

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Members of the United States Congress, thank you very much. And to my fellow citizens, America is back!"

Trump said at the conclusion of his speech Tuesday

Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the golden Age of America,

he said at the conclusion of his speech

Every single day, we will stand up, and we will fight, fight, fight for the country our citizens believe in and for the country people deserve,

Trump added

I think that they will not necessarily attribute price rises specifically to tariffs, but they will be concerned when the cost of groceries begins to go up. And that will reinforce the message that the Trump administration is focused on other issues, such as anti-wokeness,

DeSipio added

So it's not actually clear what Trump is proposing in terms of the military. He has spoken about formal acquisitions (of) Panama, perhaps Greenland as well. He's talked about some new technologies for the military, but it's not clear how committed he is to the sort of boots-on-the-ground aspect of the military,

DeSipio added

He's now threatening to broaden the scope … and what's predictable is that other countries will simply retaliate. Canada has already done so. China has done so,

Wagner pointed out

I heard a very long speech … and also one that was more of a campaign speech than a speech to Congress,

said political science professor Louis DeSipio from the University of California, Irvine

If - as part of the conversation with Russia - there can be security guarantees, I think Ukraine would be happy to have peace. But they don’t want to have peace imposed upon them,

he noted

I was trying to keep track and I only really saw four specific ‘asks’. Usually these speeches are heavy on: ‘With your help, I can do the following, and your help means a vote from Congress’. Mostly, he said he was going to solve problems or had solved them already,

DeSipio noted

So, he probably spoke to his supporters and didn't speak very well to those who are concerned about a second Trump administration,

DeSipio added

At this point, what Trump is offering is more bluster than substance,

he said, noting that

Expect Trump’s comment to find its way into courtrooms across the country, possibly in a matter of hours,

POLITICO’s Irie Sentner and Kyle Cheney wrote moments after the comment