{"id":1051825,"date":"2025-03-05T00:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T05:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1051825"},"modified":"2025-03-05T00:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T05:50:17","slug":"trump-gave-the-longest-joint-address-in-history-and-he-still-didnt-tell-us-how-hell-lower-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-gave-the-longest-joint-address-in-history-and-he-still-didnt-tell-us-how-hell-lower-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Gave the Longest Joint Address in History and He Still Didn\u2019t Tell Us How He\u2019ll Lower Costs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s Joint Address was the longest in American history \u2014 and chock full of lies, spin, and empty promises. After lying on the campaign trail that he\u2019d put working families first, Trump has focused on lining the pockets of his billionaire megadonors while overseeing skyrocketing costs and an economy on a downward spiral.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The American people saw right through Trump\u2019s desperate lies tonight \u2014 and are making crystal clear how much they <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/656891\/trump-job-approval-rating-congress-jumps.aspx\">disapprove<\/a> of his extreme agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what the American people didn\u2019t hear from Donald Trump tonight:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The fact that his plans would rip health care away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/25\/us\/politics\/medicaid-cuts-republican-budget.html\">22 million Americans<\/a> and gut protections for <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/biden-gop-budget-would-put-health-care-on-chopping-block\">100 million<\/a> people with preexisting conditions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-president-promises.html\">bring down costs<\/a> for working families and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/business\/articles\/2024-09-05\/trump-and-harris-lay-out-starkly-different-views-of-the-economy-starting-with-corporate-taxes\">tackle inflation<\/a> \u2014 which he promised to do on \u201cDay One\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An answer to how he will make things right for small businesses struggling and buckling after his reckless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/business\/trump-tariffs-spending-cuts-economy.html\">funding freezes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90379082c3d9e6a03baf3f677&amp;id=7f9169a0ed&amp;e=c8dcf51bd5\">71%<\/a> of Americans who believe the ultra-wealthy have too much influence on the White House<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3326969\/va-layoffs-concerns-veterans-care\/#google_vignette\">gutting<\/a> VA health care and <a href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/veterans-affairs\/2025\/02\/va-employees-feel-impact-from-policies-shaking-up-federal-workforce-despite-exemptions\/?readmore=1\">slashing<\/a> service members\u2019 access to hard-earned benefits (while one of his top advisors calls veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1896992491854872882\">\u201cnot fit\u201d<\/a> to serve in the federal government)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instead, Trump focused on an extreme, divisive agenda over the needs of working families. By the numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>0 mentions <\/strong>of health care affordability versus <strong>3 mentions<\/strong> of annexing Greenland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0 mentions<\/strong> of housing affordability versus <strong>6 mentions<\/strong> of the Panama Canal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0 mentions<\/strong> of veterans versus <strong>2 mentions<\/strong> of the Gulf of \u201cAmerica\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0 mentions<\/strong> of making the rich pay their fair share in taxes versus <strong>5 mentions<\/strong> of tax handouts for the ultra-wealthy and mega corporations\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>0 mentions<\/strong> of prescription drug costs versus <strong>3 mentions<\/strong> of shadow president Elon Musk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>5 mentions<\/strong> of jobs versus <strong>13 mentions<\/strong> of Joe Biden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s Joint Address was the longest in American history \u2014 and chock full of lies, spin, and empty promises. 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