Washington (AP) – Donald Trump likes a good spectacle, and it’s hard to surpass A speech to a joint session of the congress. The living room is full of legislators, and the arrival of the president is announced with a flourishing voice of the Sergeant-AT-arms, which causes cacophone applause.
Trump’s speech on Tuesday evening is not technically considered a state of the Union address – that will come next year, after he has been to work for longer – but there is no distinction for someone looking at home.
Almost no detail is left to chance in these situations. Here is an idea that you should look at and listen to:
The most powerful people in the US government are usually on stage during An event like this. While the president appeals to the nation, the speaker of the house and the vice president, who act as the senate’s ceremonial leader, are behind him.
However, they are largely overshadowed by Elon MuskThe billionaire entrepreneur who supervises the Ministry of Government Efficiency and serves as a top adviser for Trump. There is no precedent for the functioning of Musk, which has been buried in federal agencies, has led to thousands of fired and counting, and Returned again how Washington works.
Special guests at presidential speeches are often above the room in the gallery. Will Musk, the world’s richest person, be there – or somewhere else?
What does Trump say about Ukraine?
It’s only a few days ago The most dramatic encounter in the Oval Office In recent memory. Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy to strengthen a partnership Critical mineralsOnly for a deal to fall apart after Trump and vice president JD Vance threw to Zenskyy about a observed lack of respect.
Now the future of American support for Ukraine, which has been selling a Russian invasion for three years, is increasingly doubtful. “You make a deal or we’re out,” Trump told Zenskyy.
Will Russia try to press his benefit on the battlefield? Plate Zenskyy the things with Trump? Will fragile American relationships with European allies further deteriorate?
There are no clear answers at the moment. But Tuesday’s speech will be a controversial opportunity for Trump, a Republican, to explain his vision of the war and his approach to foreign policy.
Presidential speeches of the Congress have become Rundeerse Affairs. Rep. Joe Wilson, a Republican in South Carolina, screamed famous: “You lie!” At the address of President Barack Obama to the Congress in 2009, and Decorum has not improved much since then.
President Joe Biden came in his own back and forth with Republicans, and Trump is known for deviating from his script with attempts To generate indignation Among his opponents.
How will democrats react? Sometimes their protests have been quiet, such as when Women wore whiteThe color of the suffragette movement, to earlier events. But at a time when Democratic voters want their representatives to be more aggressive, it is possible that they become more vocal.
Response from Republicans is more predictable. Expect to try to surpass each other with their embrace of the president.
Does Trump play a legislative plan?
Trump has demonstrated his desire push the boundaries of presidential power During his second term, but there are a few things he still needs to help reach congress.
The president wants cuts, border security financing and tax cuts – A politically sensitive combination At a time when Republicans only have slender majorities in the house and the Senate. The party needs almost complete unanimity to move forward.
So far, Trump has followed his typical approach to playing from one side against another, sometimes endorsing the house plan for enormous legislation and sometimes supporting the senate strategy to break the proposals in multiple accounts.
Do not expect many details from the president – that is not something that usually happens in such speeches, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office. But Trump could reveal more about his goals or want to poke the legislators to work faster. Given the power that Trump has over the party, every comment can reform the debate.
Which version of Trump appears?
The president is in his element when he gives freewheeling remarks, bouncing on topic in what he likes to call “The fabric.”
But that is usually not how these kinds of speeches go. They are often carefully scripted, the kind of monologue that Trump could label ‘boring’ in a post about Truth Social if he would watch it on television.
How long does Trump stay on the teleprompter this time? And how much does he walk from the circuit?
Could be a hint Trump’s speech At the Republican National Convention last summer, when he accepted the party’s presidential nomination. He started modestly, even gloomy, when he shared the story of his murder attack in Butler, Pennsylvania.
But the attraction for national unit ultimately gave way to a stream of complaints that are a typical of Trump’s stump speeches.