On Tuesday, President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since retaking office. The president earned applause from Republicans and jeers from Democrats -- one of whom, Rep. Al Green of Texas, was escorted from the chamber for interrupting the speech. Several Democrats walked out of the House chamber over the course of the address, and others protested silently with handheld signs.
Speaking for an hour and 40 minutes -- the longest speech a president has ever delivered to Congress -- Trump told the nation that "America is back" while lauding the flurry of actions he has taken over the first six weeks of his second term in office. Trump said: "we have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started," going on to highlight the executive orders he has issued and laid out his vision for how Congress should begin implementing his sweeping legislative agenda, and praised the work of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency task force -- DOGE -- for the drastic cuts they have enacted across the executive branch.
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