Trump Declares In State Of The Union: ‘Never Been A Better Time To Start Living The American Dream’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that his administration’s policies on jobs, deregulation and national security have spurred a “new American moment.”
“This is our new American moment,” Trump declared to lawmakers gathered at the Capitol for his first State of the Union address. “There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream. So to every citizen watching at home tonight no matter where you have been, or where you’ve come from, this is your time. If you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you believe in America, then you can dream anything, you can be anything, and together, we can achieve absolutely anything.”
The president pointed to tax cuts passed at the close of last year, along with planned pushes for infrastructure and immigration reform and continued deregulation efforts by the administration.
Trump asked members of both parties “to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure our economy needs,” while coalescing around an immigration plan that protects Americans “of every background, color and creed.”
Within minutes of calling on lawmakers to “set aside our differences” and “summon the unity we need to deliver for the people,” Trump served up red meat for his conservative base, applauding the elimination of the “disastrous Obamacare” individual mandate and touting the influx of conservative justices to the federal courts. That brought Republicans on their feet and left Democrats in their chairs.
The president also spoke about gains made against ISIS, while conceding there remains “much more work to be done” to win that fight.
“We will continue our fight until ISIS is defeated,” Trump will say, according to excerpts.
“Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of the past administrations that got us into this dangerous position.”
