Trump to defend his U-turn on Ukraine and Elon Musk’s cuts in Congress
The president will speak at a joint session of Congress on Tuesday after halting military aid to Kyiv following his rant at Zelenskiy in the White House
“TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG. I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS!” Donald Trump said on his social network, Truth Social, of his appearance Tuesday before Congress, which will be in joint session. As it is the first such speech of his second term it is not considered a State of the Union address, but it carries the same paraphernalia and solemnity. Trump, after likening himself to a monarch, is pushing the limits of executive power and, at the same time, clashing with the judiciary. Now, after a month and a half as the 47th president, he is facing a legislature that he needs to carry out his policies. His appearance coincides with his change of foreign policy regarding Ukraine, to which he has suspended military aid, amid cutbacks and layoffs in the administration led by Elon Musk, and at the beginning of the trade war with his neighbors.
