President Donald Trump delivers his address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), listen behind.

WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump made his triumphal return to the House chambers on Tuesday with an angry campaign-style speech packed with lies and personal grievances, vilifying his predecessor in the White House and Democratic members of Congress, all while downplaying threats to the economy his policies are already creating.

“We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started,” he said, with Vice President JD Vance and House speaker Mike Johnson behind him on the dais, and his near-constant companion and adviser Elon Musk in the gallery above.

On a day that his new 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada sent the markets reeling, Trump barely acknowledged the concerns.

“There’ll be a little disturbance, but we’re OK with that,” he said. “It won’t be much.”

He lied about the state of the economy on the day of his return to office: “We inherited from the previous administration an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare.”

He blamed the current price of eggs on the former president: “Joe Biden, especially, let the price of eggs get out of control.”

He went through his familiar litany of absurdly old people on the Social Security rolls: “1.3 million people from ages 150 to 159.”

In fact, Biden’s economy was enjoying steady growth and inflation had come down to under 3% annually ― a “soft landing” from the pandemic that many economists thought would be impossible.

Egg prices have spiked since Trump took office, largely because of........

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