Trump’s 2025 joint session address, fact checked and annotated – CNN Politics

By Zachary B. Wolf and Curt Merrill, CNN, Published March 5, 2025

Trump’s 2025 joint session address, fact checked and annotated

By Zachary B. Wolf and Curt Merrill, CNN, Published March 5, 2025

Americans are reeling from the early weeks of Trump 2.0, and President Donald Trump got a prime-time chance to explain the fast and furious start to his return to power in an address to a joint session of Congress.

He made the case for the trade wars he’s started with Canada and Mexico, defended his effort with Elon Musk to downsize and remake American government, and faced loud opposition and heckling from Democrats, one of whom was removed from the chamber.

Read Trump’s speech, annotated with context and fact checks, below.

President Trump’s speech to Congress, annotated and fact-checked – CNN