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Trump introduced Sage Blair, a Virginia teenager whom the president claimed school officials \u201csocially transition[ed] \u2026 to a new agenda, treating her as a boy and hiding it from her parents\u201d.<\/p>\n
The president said that Sage is now living as \u201ca proud and wonderful young woman with a full-ride scholarship to Liberty University\u201d.<\/p>\n
As the president continued his well-trodden rant against gender-affirming care, Democrats looked on in disapproval, while many Republicans cheered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese people are crazy. I\u2019m telling you, they\u2019re crazy,\u201d Trump said of Democrats.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.28 EST<\/p>\n Trump attacks Democrats for not giving a standing ovation<\/p>\n Trump sparred with Democrats when he asked all lawmakers to stand if they agreed that \u201cthe first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens\u201d and restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which remains shuttered.<\/p>\n It was a clear opportunity to chide lawmakers on the left, while Republican lawmakers stood with gusto. \u201cYou should be ashamed of yourself for not standing up,\u201d Trump told Democrats, as several shouted back in response. \u201cYou\u2019ve killed Americans,\u201d Ilhan Omar said, as the president managed to provide his first visual example of the chasm in Congress.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.26 EST<\/p>\n Trump repeats xenophobic rant against Somali community<\/p>\n The president repeated his xenophobic comments that the \u201cSomali pirates ransacked Minnesota\u201d through \u201cbribery, corruption and lawlessness\u201d during his speech.<\/p>\n \u201cImporting these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open borders brings those problems right here to the USA,\u201d Trump added. Democratic representative Ilhan Omar from Minnesota called the president a \u201cliar\u201d from her seat in the audience.<\/p>\n Trump said that the administration\u2019s \u201cwar on fraud\u201d would now be led by his vice-president, JD Vance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.16 EST<\/p>\n Reporters in the House chamber are noting that Democratic representative Lauren Underwood, of Illinois, appears to have walked out of the president\u2019s State of the Union address<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.15 EST<\/p>\n Trump said what congressional Republicans have been wanting him to emphasize before the midterm elections: the tax cuts they enacted last year through his massive policy legislation.<\/p>\n The president said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act brought the \u201clargest tax cuts\u201d in history, which is not accurate because they\u2019re actually the sixth-largest, according to the Tax Foundation<\/a>, and this messaging does not appear to have really broken through.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.17 EST<\/p>\n Trump calls tariffs ruling ‘unfortunate’ but says administration is pursuing legal alternatives<\/p>\n As we expected, the president bemoaned the supreme court\u2019s ruling that Trump exceeded his presidential authority by implementing many global tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.<\/p>\n \u201cI used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars, to make great deals for our country, both economically and on a national security basis, everything was working well,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey were ripping us so badly. You all know that. Everybody knows that, even the Democrats know it.\u201d<\/p>\n The president called the supreme court\u2019s ruling \u201cunfortunate\u201d, as the four justices attending today\u2019s address sat directly in the president\u2019s eyeline.<\/p>\n While Trump falsely claimed the tariffs led to \u201cno inflation\u201d and \u201ctremendous growth\u201d, he said Friday\u2019s decision was \u201cdisappointing\u201d.<\/p>\n However, the president went on to tout his new 15% global tariffs under section 122 of the Trade Act. \u201cThey\u2019re a little more complex, but they\u2019re actually probably better, leading to a solution that will be even stronger than before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Trump incorrectly said that these duties won\u2019t require congressional oversight; however, these tariffs can only last 150 days before Congress has to agree to extend them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.54 EST<\/p>\n Dharna Noor<\/p>\n Trump has touted his \u201cdrill, baby drill\u201d agenda at the State of the Union address<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerican oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day,\u201d he said. \u201cAmerican natural gas production is at an all-time high because I kept my promise to drill, baby, drill.\u201d<\/p>\n Since re-entering office, Trump has worked to boost fossil fuels and roll back dozens upon dozens of environmental policies and incentives. Data shows that agenda has not worked out for the fossil fuel workers Trump claims to protect, one advocate noted on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cSince President Trump took office, the drive to achieve energy dominance has resulted in the loss of 15,000 mining, oil, and natural gas jobs,\u201d Sean O\u2019Leary, a senior researcher at the Appalachia-focused clean energy and jobs thinktank Ohio River Valley Institute, wrote on social media<\/a>, citing US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.50 EST<\/p>\n Trump boasts low gas prices despite scrapping key environmental finding<\/p>\n Dharna Noor<\/p>\n Trump touted low gas prices during his state of the union speech, saying they are \u201cnow below $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some places, $1.99 a gallon\u201d.<\/p>\n But a major environmental rollback his administration enacted two weeks ago could push gas prices up.<\/p>\n The repeal of the endangerment finding \u2013 the legal underpinning for all greenhouse gas regulations in the US \u2013 is expected to create a rise in gas prices, as I explained in an analysis<\/a> last week. That\u2019s according to the administration\u2019s own data. Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.45 EST<\/p>\n Trump is spending a lot of time boasting about sports accomplishments in a way that he does at rallies. He just announced that the US men\u2019s Olympic hockey team goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, who played a key role in their gold medal win against Canada, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a021.45 EST<\/p>\n Reporting from the House chamber<\/p>\n When Trump began his address, everyone in the chamber sat down except for the representative Al Green, who continued to brandish his sign \u2013 which read \u201cBlack people aren\u2019t apes!\u201d, a reference to the US president recently sharing a racist video depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n Then a man came over \u2013 perhaps from security \u2013 and senator Markwayne Mullin again approached Green menacingly.<\/p>\n Green decided to leave. As he walked up the aisle, clutching his walking stick and protest sign, there were some acrimonious exchanges with Republicans, a few of whom began chanting: \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d<\/p>\n Green\u2019s seat is now empty save for a handwritten cardboard sign that says: \u201cAl Green.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Hugo](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hugo_Lowell.png\")
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