Simi Jola

It was interesting that President Trump focused on issues that will rally his Republican base. He didn't seem to really touch on issues that might attract a broader base, especially independents, because polls show he's lost significant support within that key group. He defended his own record as we expected him to when he spoke about the economy, a reduction in crime rates. He spoke about foreign policy. He touted.

His claim of having stopped eight wars, he reflected on the strength of the American military. But then he repeatedly attacked Democrats on issues related to gender affirming care, corruption, the Save America Act that he's trying to push. And then he also used the opportunity to call on Congress to pass certain laws, like one he called the Delilah Law. He also mentioned

trying to ban children from accessing gender-related medical care. He spoke about tough legislation with regards to immigration.

halting the release of violent repeat offenders. We could see from the reaction of the Republicans and Democrats, even Democrats shouting back at him when he was talking about corruption within the country. You could hear Ilhan Oma shout that he, calling him a liar. We saw one Democrat walk out as well. But the Republicans were applauding pretty much everything President Trump said.

I don't think so. I think he could have said a bit more about the economy and his plan going forward. He did mention tax cuts, but he also kept pushing the narrative of tariffs being better for Americans. But what a lot of Americans have been seeing are higher costs. Economists have said that it's Americans that are feeling the cost of the tariffs and it's not actually improving the economy, but President Trump can't.

Kiitos, että katsoitte.

This time around he's pushed for a tougher approach on immigration and he's praised what's happened so far with regards to enforcement officials in and around the country. So whether he's done enough to bring the independence, the people who might have been supporting him at the start of last year and now isn't so sure. It's not very clear.