Photo: Alamy | Op-ed by Summer Lane
President Donald Trump remained staunchly in command on Tuesday night while delivering a historic speech to a joint session of Congress, calling out rude Democrats for their refusal to unify with his forward-looking agenda, and daring Americans to dream bigger than ever before.
“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over,” he declared.
The president laid out the many accomplishments of his administration in the first 43 days, which were truly stunning.
Per RSBN, some of these accomplishments included:
- Terminating the “Green New Scam,”
- Ending Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate,
- Withdrawing from the “corrupt” World Health Organization,
- Withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council,
- Eliminating ten old regulations for every new regulation,
- Ordering federal workers back to the office,
- Ending weaponization of government at the highest level,
- Stopping censorship and restoring free speech,
- Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,
- Renaming Mount Denali to Mount McKinley in Alaska,
- Ending the scourge of discriminatory DEI procedures and hiring processes.
The president said that “common sense has become a common theme” of this administration, and noted that the “highest priority” right now is to “rescue our economy” and get immediate relief to the American worker.
He slammed Joe Biden and the Democrats for creating an “economic catastrophe and inflation nightmare.”
Democrats – some swathed in pink as a form of assumed protest – held small signs that read things like “Musk Steals” and “False.” At one point, belligerent Democrat Congressman Al Green (Texas) was escorted from the chamber by the Sergeant at Arms after being warned by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to sit down and quit yelling.
President Trump’s strong speech was unflinching and stern. It was reminiscent of a father giving his children a firm but much-needed scolding, and as Democrats like Jasmine Crockett (Texas) stormed out of the chamber, that analogy seemed to hold true.
The president announced that his administration would also focus on unleashing American energy, by drilling for oil and expanding the production of critical mineral and rare earths.
Further, the president embarrassed corrupt bureaucrats in the chamber by laying out the obscene waste, fraud, and abuse exposed by DOGE, under the leadership of Elon Musk. He noted billions of waste had already been cut from programs that provided things like free housing for illegal aliens, LGBTQ promotion in Africa, sexual experiments on mice, fish monitoring consultations, and even DEI contracts in the U.S. Department of Education.
“This is just the beginning,” Trump said.
He said that DOGE had already uncovered fraud of about $500 billion in America and said “we are working very hard to stop it.”
“We will reclaim power from this unelected bureaucracy and we will restore true power to American democracy again,” the president vowed.
He warned, “Any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately because we are draining the swamp.”
Importantly, the president also spoke about the massive deportation operation and the securing of the U.S. southern border, and the millions of criminals who have poured into our country.
“Because of Joe Biden’s insane and very dangerous open border policies they are now strongly embedded in our country – but we are getting them out and getting them out fast,” he said.
Since taking office, he said his administration has now recorded the lowest number “ever” of illegal border crossings since taking operational control of the southern border.
He reminded Americans that the Democrats previously claimed the border could only be secured with legislation, but he remarked, “But all we really needed was a new president.”
Indeed, President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night made Democrats look not only foolish, but petulant and spoiled. Democrats could not even be bothered on Tuesday to stand and respect the mother of Laken Riley – a young 22-year-old nursing student who was brutally slain by an illegal alien gang member.
Instead, Democrats sat with a sullen look on their faces, refusing to honor acknowledge what had happened to this innocent victim of illegal alien-related crime.
Poignantly, President Trump announced during his address that he had renamed a 34,000-acre wildlife refuge near the Gulf of America after Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl slain by two illegal alien gang members.
It was a moving moment, and it brought Jocelyn’s mother, who was sitting in the gallery, to tears. “Thank you,” she could be seen saying on camera.
Overall, President Trump’s speech elevated the maturity and common sense of his administration. The Democrats – whether they knew it or not – caricatured themselves by stomping out of the room, holding up hollow signs, and refusing to stand up and show respect during broadly bipartisan moments – even when a cancer-stricken young boy, D.J., was surprised by Secret Service Director Sean Curran and invited to become an honorary agent.
It was a heartfelt moment, but it appeared that most of the Democrats refused to budge from their seat.
These kinds of moments clearly highlighted the difference between the agendas of the radical left and the new America First Republican Party, spearheaded by President Donald Trump.