President Donald Trump Will make the first address of his second term on Tuesday a joint session of the congress. His first six weeks were dominated by continuous executive actions, the redesigning of international relations and efforts for government efficiency. With Fox News Digital, political strategists shared something to be expected from Trump’s big speech.
Republican strategists say that Trump should tell the story of his first six weeks, to contrast with Former President Joe Bidenadministration. In the meantime, Democrats are aimed at what they say that Trump’s failure to lower prices.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Has the task of refuting the party.
“Trump is going to contrast itself with the previous administration. The previous administration was weak and directionless. No one knew who was in charge. No one really understood what the Biden administration stood for. There could be no dramatic change of Biden in Trump,” said political columnist Kristin Tate.
Republicans say that Trump should emphasize the themes of his first six weeks and explain how his executive actions reflect his greater vision for the country.
How to look and what about Trump’s on Tuesday address to a joint session of the congress
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president by supreme judge John Roberts while Melania Trump holds the Bible on January 20, 2025. (Morry Gash/AFP via Getty images)
“He has to tell a story. He has to weave in all the things he has done, all this progress in the past month in a story and a theme and telling it,” said Republican strategist Matt Gorman. “He did really well during his inauguration. It is a status update. I think it is really important that he weaves all these actions and all the things he has done in one big story about what it means for us as Americans, but also what it means for his vision for the next three and four years.”
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Republican strategists told Fox News Digital that Trump should tell Americans how he has already realized important campaign interruptions, including the delay of illegal border crossings, the reversing of Biden’s Green Energy policy, his “de-Weaponization” of the Ministry of Justice and his work to elim dei.
“I expect, and he will take a victory round on some of those items because it represents promises, promises. But then he has to throw the future -oriented vision: where are we going from here? What are the big ticket legislative items? How do we pass this legislative debate about this legislative debate about this legislative debate.
President Donald Trump is shown before he goes into the White House in the White House on 28 February 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty images)
Reed said that Trump should concentrate on “the legislative priorities and goes beyond just the executive orders.” And while leaders are struggling with the Fallout of Trump’s heated meeting with Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy On Friday said that Trump could reset the story on Tuesday evening.
“For everything that has happened in recent days about foreign policy, I think it’s a chance for him to reset the story about what he wants to do in his own country,” said Reed. “The events of Friday will clearly throw a shadow over tomorrow. But look, President Trump is in many respects dealing with the remaining mess (of) his predecessor in the field of worldwide. In his mind, the problems with which he is confronted, the challenges that happened in Ukraine would still not have been added to his watch.
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To contrast Trump’s speech, the Democratic National Committee argues that Trump does not live up to his campaign blade to reduce costs and to stimulate the economy. DNC chairman Ken Martin traveled the country in the run -up to Tuesday evening and tells Americans about the Chaos Trump and Elon Musk in the US.
The new Democratic National Committee chairman Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote during the DNC Winter Meeting in National Harbor, MD., On February 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lambey Jr.)
During Trump’s fifth speech to a joint session of the congress, Democrats and Republicans agreed that it is unlikely that he invites new Americans in the fold.
“He is president for everyone, but I don’t expect Democrats to change hearts suddenly. They try to find out less what they think of Trump and more what they are going to do about him. And they have no answer for the latter at all. They are very much in an era of confusion at the moment in their party, what they actually get to get a major from voters,” Gorman
Brad Bannon, president of Bannon Communications Research, said that Trump did very little in his first few weeks to appeal to everyone outside his ‘Basic Maga voice’.
“I see no sign that he is trying to appeal to someone who did not vote for him last year,” said Bannon. “He is in control of the congress, an enclosing Supreme Court. It seems to me all that he has done … has been to rely on the people who already support him, and he makes no effort to contact us. I would be very surprised if he did Tuesday evening.”
Tate, however, urged Trump to expand an olive branch to moderate Democrats during his speech.
Leave. John Fetterman, D-PA. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)
“I even believe that he is going to go over the aisle and throw some compliments for some of the more moderate Democrats. He really has to do this. Sen. (John) Fetterman from Pennsylvania would be a great first choice to emphasize as a democrat who is not blind by hateful party, but rather looking for everyday people, she said.
“Trump has a lot to be proud of, and rest assured, he will shed light on all those great achievements that took place in such a short period, and he will outline a grand vision for the future of America, including not only what America represents, but what it can be at its best,” Tate continued.
Trump has the headliner speech on Tuesday evening, but Democrats also have a chance with Slotkin’s response to frame their own message about what the Democratic Party stands for. Bannon said Trump won because Americans believed that the country was going in the wrong direction.
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“Democrats would make a mistake if their reaction to Trump only tries to keep the status quo,” he said. “I think Democrats should be brave and be daring. Not only the need to defend the dignity of programs that Trump cuts randomly, but they must go beyond that and define the Democratic Party version of what they would do to change the status quo. That is Trump’s greatest profession.
