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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump plans to reappraisal his archetypal weeks successful bureau and sermon the aboriginal of astatine slightest 3 large topics successful Tuesday's joint code to Congress.
A White House authoritative tells NewsNation Trump’s code volition absorption connected "the renewal of the American Dream" and hinge connected 4 main tenets:
- First period successful office
- The economy
- Conflicts abroad
- Immigration
The president connected Truth Social said helium intends to “tell it similar it is."
“In his Joint Address to Congress, President Trump volition observe his extraordinarily palmy archetypal period successful bureau portion outlining his bold, ambitious, and communal consciousness imaginativeness for the future,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.
When is Trump's code tonight?
The 47th president volition caput implicit to Capitol Hill with first woman Melania Trump contiguous with remarks slated to statesman conscionable aft 9 p.m. ET — specified hours aft helium paused assistance to Ukraine and enacted hefty tariffs connected Canada, China and Mexico.
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Who is attending Trump's associated code to Congress?
More than conscionable lawmakers volition heap into the U.S. House enclosure for Tuesday's event. The nation's lawmakers, members of the U.S. Supreme Court and Trump's Cabinet volition each beryllium successful attendance.
The president typically invites guests to presumption the code from the balcony supra the House floor, adjacent to the archetypal lady.
One specified impermanent is January Littlejohn, a self-described "mom warring to support children and families from the harms of sex ideology," Leavitt announced connected X.
Littlejohn claims she "saved" her girl from a schoolhouse that tried to assistance her young girl socially transition, which means changing name, pronouns, quality and more.
Trump has addressed the taxable during his run and astatine the Oval Office desk, with the president attempting to withhold national funds from institutions that supply gender-affirming attraction for minors, among other enforcement orders.
Lawmakers aren't going into Trump's code unsocial — each 1 gets to bring guests arsenic well. More than a twelve Democrats are inviting precocious fired national workers to beryllium their guests, aggregate media outlets reported.
Just past week, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged fertile and record lawmakers to contented those invitations.
Another confirmed impermanent is Jennifer Hegseth, woman of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who volition beryllium attending with Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn.
Is Trump's code a ‘State of the Union’ address?
No, not technically. A State of the Union address is usually delivered successful January oregon February, and it covers some the erstwhile year's execute and the upcoming year's plan.
Since Trump has lone been successful bureau six weeks, Tuesday's lawsuit volition beryllium simply a associated code to Congress.
According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should beryllium considered to person the aforesaid heft arsenic the State of the Union addresses that travel successful consequent years.
And, conscionable similar the State of the Union address, the opposing enactment to the 1 that occupies the White House gives a little code successful response, which, similar the president’s remarks, is televised. This year’s volition beryllium delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
