Standout Lines From Trump's Address to Congress

It began with a near-immediate disruption

By Kate Seamons
March 4, 2025


President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. /Ben Curtis photo

President Trump addressed Congress and the American people Tuesday night and immediately proclaimed, "America is back," to cries of "USA! USA!" in response. He made it just a couple of minutes into his speech before Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas was removed from the House chamber, with House Speaker Mike Johnson calling Green's behavior a "willful and concerted breach of decorum." Standout lines from the president:

America is back: "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years, eight years, and we are just getting started. ... The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before. The American dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback. ... Now for the first time in modern history, more Americans believe that our country is headed in the right direction than the wrong direction."

Washington-level success: "It has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency is the most successful in the history of our nation ... and what makes it even more impressive is that do you know who number two is? George Washington."

A swing at Biden: "Illegal border crossings last month were by far the lowest ever recorded. They hear my words and chose not to come. ... Under Joe Biden, the worst president in American history, there were hundreds of thousands of illegal crossings a month, and virtually all of them, including murderers, drug dealers, gang members and people from mental institutions were released into our country."

A swing at Democrats: "I look at the Democrats in front of me and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud, nothing I can do. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out entire nations ... and these people sitting right here will not clap."

A recap of his moves I: "I imposed an immediate freeze on all federal hiring, a freeze on all new federal regulations, and a freeze on foreign aid. I terminated the ridiculous new green scam. I withdrew from the unfair Paris Climate Accord ... I withdrew from the corrupt World Health Organization and I also withdrew from the anti-American UN Human Rights Council. We ended all of Biden's environmental restrictions that were making our country far less safe and totally unaffordable."

A recap of his moves II: "We have ended weaponized government where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent like me. ... I renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, and likewise, I renamed for a great president, William McKinley, Mount McKinley again. ... Our country will be woke no longer. ... We have removed the poison of critical race theory from our public schools, and I signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female."

Eggs: "Joe Biden especially let the price of eggs get out of control ... and we're working hard to get it back down."
What's coming: "A major focus of our fight to defeat inflation is rapidly reducing the cost of energy. ... My administration is also working on a gigantic natural gas pipeline in Alaska, among the largest in the world. ... I will also take historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals and rare earths here in the US."

What's coming II: "We're also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors ... believe it or not, government databases list 4.7 million Social Security members from people aged 100 to 109 years old. It lists 3.6 million people from ages 110 to 119 I don't know any of them. I know some people that are rather elderly, but not quite that elderly. ... 3.5 million people from ages 140 to 149 and money is being paid to many of them, and we're searching right now. ... And over 130,000 people, according to the Social Security databases are age over 160 years old. We have a healthier country than I thought, Bobby."

What's coming III: "The next phase of our plan to deliver the greatest economy in history is for this Congress to pass tax cuts for everybody. ... I'm calling for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security benefits for our great seniors. ... I also want to make interest payments on car loans tax deductible, but only if the car is made in America."