Trump's speech highlighted America's new politics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Trump was there to tout his achievements over his first 43 days in office.
56% : Throughout his wide-ranging address, which went on for an unprecedented hour and 40 minutes, Trump had little new to say on foreign policy.
50% : When Trump entered the chamber at 9.10pm the Republicans held up phones to take selfies with him as he walked down the aisle.
50% : Several members had brought federal employees who were sacked by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) team to watch from the public gallery.
32% : The stunt summed up the Democrats' bind: how to hold Trump to account while winning over the voters who like what he does.
21% : When at one point Trump said there "are only two genders - male and female", Congresswoman Ilhan Omar looked to her left
16% : When Trump was listing the government spending Doge had cut to cheers from his side, one Democratic congresswoman brandished a sign that read "lies".

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