Trump Gave the Longest Joint Address in History and He Still Didn’t Tell Us How He’ll Lower Costs 

Donald Trump’s Joint Address was the longest in American history — and chock full of lies, spin, and empty promises. After lying on the campaign trail that he’d 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. 

The American people saw right through Trump’s desperate lies tonight — and are making crystal clear how much they disapprove of his extreme agenda.

Here’s what the American people didn’t hear from Donald Trump tonight:

  • The fact that his plans would rip health care away from 22 million Americans and gut protections for 100 million people with preexisting conditions 
  • Any plan to bring down costs for working families and tackle inflation — which he promised to do on “Day One”
  • An answer to how he will make things right for small businesses struggling and buckling after his reckless funding freezes
  • A response to the 71% of Americans who believe the ultra-wealthy have too much influence on the White House
  • Why he’s gutting VA health care and slashing service members’ access to hard-earned benefits (while one of his top advisors calls veterans “not fit” to serve in the federal government)

Instead, Trump focused on an extreme, divisive agenda over the needs of working families. By the numbers:

  • 0 mentions of health care affordability versus 3 mentions of annexing Greenland
  • 0 mentions of housing affordability versus 6 mentions of the Panama Canal
  • 0 mentions of veterans versus 2 mentions of the Gulf of “America”
  • 0 mentions of making the rich pay their fair share in taxes versus 5 mentions of tax handouts for the ultra-wealthy and mega corporations 
  • 0 mentions of prescription drug costs versus 3 mentions of shadow president Elon Musk
  • 5 mentions of jobs versus 13 mentions of Joe Biden