Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Trump played cheerleader-in-chief to a vast TV audience, describing the country as thriving while bringing stability to the world — and dusting off his signature campaign line about voters fearing the country would be “winning too much” on his watch.
The president took the opportunity to attack the Supreme Court for striking down his “reciprocal” tariffs — which he credited for bringing America’s economic “turnaround” — and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.
Trump also touted new economic proposals to ban investors from scooping up homes, force drug companies to lower prices, require health care pricing transparency and restrict members of Congress from stock trading.
“Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it,” Trump told the joint session of Congress in his 108-minute address, praising the US men’s hockey team for having demonstrated this best by bringing home the gold. Read more, see photos, and video here.
