Trump Touts Economic Record in Divisive State of the Union Speech

President Trump touted his financial achievements and attacked immigrants and Democrats in a divisive State of the Union tackle on Tuesday.

Trump also criticized the Supreme Court, which struck down his emergency tariffs last week, and repeatedly castigated the Democratic aspect of the aisle for not applauding him.

“These people are crazy,” he said. “Democrats are destroying our country, but we’ve stopped it in the nick of time.”

Trump is dealing with the lowest approval scores of his time period, round 40%, with almost 60% expressing disapproval. The White House has tried to maneuver on from setbacks like the months-long Epstein controversy and pivot consideration to affordability.

“A short while ago, we were a dead country,” Trump said. “Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world. The hottest.”

Trump also promoted his document of stopping unlawful immigration and accused Somali immigrants of defrauding the authorities. At one point, he told the Democratic members of Congress that they need to be “ashamed” for refusing to face when he said that the authorities’s first obligation “is to protect American citizens, not illegal immigrants.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali immigrant from Minneapolis, shouted again at him: “You should be ashamed.”

Trump said the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling was “very unfortunate” and “disappointing.” Four justices of the courtroom — John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — sat impassively with their fingers folded while Trump rebuked the ruling.

David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance, was among those in the viewers, showing as a visitor of Sen. Lindsey Graham. The authorities is reviewing Netflix’s deal to amass Warner Bros., while Paramount is angling to interrupt up the cope with a competing bid.

Trump also took a number of minutes of the speech to honor the U.S. males’s hockey team, which gained gold at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, and to speak up the 2028 games in Los Angeles.

“We’re going to do a good job in Los Angeles,” he said. “Los Angeles is going to be safe, just like Washington, D.C., is now one of the safest cities in the country.”