(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump spoke astir the United States system during his Congressional address Tuesday and pledged to enactment “every time to reverse harm and marque America affordable again.”
Trump said his predecessor Joe Biden fto egg prices get “out of control,” and said his medication is moving connected getting the prices backmost down, without elaborating connected precisely what they are doing.
"We inherited from the past medication an economical catastrophe and an ostentation nightmare," Trump said.
He besides said the U.S. has much “liquid gold” than immoderate different federation and that helium is authorizing a squad “to spell and get it.”
"Frankly, we person ne'er seen thing similar it. That's why, connected my archetypal time successful office, I declared a nationalist vigor emergency. ... Now, I afloat authorize the astir talented squad ever assembled to spell and get it. It's called 'drill, babe drill,'" Trump said.
Trump said he'll besides "take historical action" to grow the accumulation of captious minerals and uncommon earths, arsenic soon arsenic this week.
After Trump's address, the Democratic Party gave a little code successful response. This year’s effect is being delivered by Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
'Nothing I tin say' volition marque Democrats happy: Trump
Trump talked astir the Democrats holding placards successful protestation of him.
He went on: “I could find a cure to the astir devastating disease, a illness that would hitch retired full nations, oregon denote the answers to the top system successful history, oregon the stoppage of transgression to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these radical sitting close present volition not clap, volition not basal and surely volition not cheer for these astronomical achievements.”
NewsNation's Cassie Buchman contributed to this report.