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Trump’s big speech to Congress signaled more chaos ahead

11 6
05.03.2025
US President Donald Trump during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. | Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty

In the first major speech to Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump made clear that he intends to barrel ahead with the MAGA agenda.

Unsurprisingly, he cast the past 43 days of disruption and controversy as filled with historic wins, the greatest of any president in history (George Washington was number two, he said). And while he offered few new details on what he planned going forward, it’s obvious we should expect more of the same.

For instance, Trump sounded enthusiastic about expanding his trade war, hyping a new round of “reciprocal tariffs” he says will go into effect April 2. These tariffs, he claims, are on countries that have their own tariffs on US goods — or that

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