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| Presidential address: Trump claims 'new chapter in American greatness' – live | Presidential address: Trump claims 'new chapter in American greatness' – live |
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| 4.19am GMT | |
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| Iraq 'to be removed' from travel ban list | |
| Claire Phipps | |
| Associated Press reports, citing unnamed officials, that Iraq will be taken off the list of seven predominantly Muslim countries affected by the travel ban under the promised revision to the executive order. | |
| The Guardian has not yet been able to confirm this. | |
| AP reports: | |
| US officials say President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary US travel ban. | |
| Four officials say the administration’s decision follows pressure from the Pentagon and State Department. They had urged the White House to reconsider Iraq’s inclusion given its key role in fighting the Islamic State group. | |
| Trump is expected to sign the new order on Wednesday. It is designed to replace an earlier Trump order that was blocked by federal courts. | |
| The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the order before it is signed. | |
| They said six countries Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - will remain on the travel ban list. | |
| Trump’s original travel ban remains suspended since a federal district judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order against it in early February. The injunction was upheld by the ninth circuit court of appeals in San Francisco. Trump later announced that a new version of the ban was on its way. | |
| 4.16am GMT | |
| 04:16 | |
| The billionaire Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross donned some fancy fashions to this evening’s speech: | |
| Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross wore $600 slippers by Palm Beach @Stubbs_Wootton, with a custom Commerce Dept logo, to Trump’s speech tonight. pic.twitter.com/Be0apnEUkx | |
| 4.12am GMT | |
| 04:12 | |
| The former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, can always be counted on for some snap Trump analysis: | |
| .@realDonaldTrump this is the wall I would pay to get it done as fast as possible. #FuckingWall #JointSession pic.twitter.com/rcnlaCyP9c | |
| 4.11am GMT | |
| 04:11 | |
| New DNC chair Tom Perez wasn’t impressed with Trump’s speech this evening: | |
| When asked about the speech DNC Chair Perez sarcastically clapped: "oh, he read a TelePrompTer!! It's like my kid ate and didn't spill!" | |
| 4.10am GMT | |
| 04:10 | |
| This just in from AP: | |
| US officials say new Trump immigration order will remove Iraq from list of countries affected by travel ban. | |
| 4.00am GMT | |
| 04:00 | |
| More in the category of Things Trump Did Not Say: | |
| Word NOT in Trump's speech: ***RUSSIA*** | |
| Word NOT in Trump's speech: ***MEXICO***He did mention the wall, but not the country he had long said would pay for it. | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.01am GMT | |
| 3.56am GMT | |
| 03:56 | |
| Claire Phipps | |
| Senator and former presidential would-be Bernie Sanders has been delivering his response in a Facebook live video (see him still going here). | |
| There was a lot he didn’t hear from the president, it turns out. | |
| On the environment, for one: | |
| Perhaps most astoundingly … I did not hear President Trump say one word, not one word about the need to combat climate change … In fact, he pledged to increase our dependence on fossil fuels. | |
| I had a difficult time not laughing out loud … on this very, very day he signed an executive order rolling back President Obama’s clean water rules. | |
| And on crime and justice: | |
| I did not hear President Trump say one word on how he was going to fix a broken criminal justice system. | |
| And on education: | |
| At a time when we need the best educated workforce in the world … I did not hear President Trump say one word, not one word, about the need to lower the cost of college. | |
| Not one word about making colleges more affordable, not one word about addressing the crisis of student debt. | |
| Trump did mention draining the swamp, Sanders points out: | |
| The swamp big time is now in his administration, which has more millionaires and billionaires than any administration in history. | |
| 3.51am GMT | |
| 03:51 | |
| Democrats response to Trump's call to repeal Obamacare: 'this is life or death' | |
| Former Kentucky governor Steven Beshear gives the Democrat’s response to Trump’s joint address, focusing mainly on the call to repeal and replace Obamacare, noting that “this isn’t a game.” | |
| He sits in a diner in Lexington, Kentucky, with a group of Democrats and Republican “neighbors” (all white) behind him. He seems specifically chosen to appeal to Trump supporters, noting that he grew up the son and grandson of Baptist preachers, has been married for 38 years, and that his family ran a small business. | |
| He notes that as governor he found healthcare for over half a million Kentuckians. | |
| We did that through trust and mutual respect...We put people first, and politics second. | |
| He speaks to Trump directly, noting that the president: | |
| ...picked a cabinet of billionaires and Wall St insiders who want to eviscerate the protections that most Americans count on and that help level the playing field. Thats not being our champion, that’s being Wall Street’s champion. | |
| Beshear agrees that the Affordable Care Act “needs some repairs” but “so far every Republican idea to replace the Affordable Care Act would reduce the number of Americans covered, despite your promises to the contrary.” | |
| This isn’t a game. This is life or death for people. | |
| Beshear then comments on Trump picking fights with institutions such as the courts, intelligence agencies and press. | |
| President Trump also needs to understand that people may disagree with him from time to time – but that doesn’t make them his enemies | |
| When the president attacks the loyalty and credibility of our intelligence agencies, the court system, the military, the free press and individual Americans – simply because he doesn’t like what they say – he is eroding our democracy. And that’s reckless. | |
| Look, I may be old fashioned, but I still believe that dignity, compassion, honesty and accountability are basic American values. | |
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| at 3.56am GMT | |
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| Video: Trump’s closing remarks | |
| 3.44am GMT | 3.44am GMT |
| 03:44 | 03:44 |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| While many of those watching noted the more … conventional tone of the speech, others stress that the contents continue to cause alarm: | While many of those watching noted the more … conventional tone of the speech, others stress that the contents continue to cause alarm: |
| What we saw tonight was not normal. Trump delivered a divisive speech that tried to scare us into abandoning our values. It didn't work. | What we saw tonight was not normal. Trump delivered a divisive speech that tried to scare us into abandoning our values. It didn't work. |
| Tonight we heard more empty pablum from Trump, completely divorced from the reality of harm he has inflicted on vulnerable communities. | Tonight we heard more empty pablum from Trump, completely divorced from the reality of harm he has inflicted on vulnerable communities. |
| Trump: "My job is to represent the USA" Unless you are a woman, Latinx, an immigrant, Muslim, #LGBTQ... #JointSession #TrumpTranslator | Trump: "My job is to represent the USA" Unless you are a woman, Latinx, an immigrant, Muslim, #LGBTQ... #JointSession #TrumpTranslator |
| Fun Fact: Taking away people's health insurance is not actually the best way to help them get healthcare. #JointAddress | Fun Fact: Taking away people's health insurance is not actually the best way to help them get healthcare. #JointAddress |
| The Daily Mail’s US political editor was piqued for a different reason: | The Daily Mail’s US political editor was piqued for a different reason: |
| My bingo board had "dishonest media" and "fake news." I lost. | My bingo board had "dishonest media" and "fake news." I lost. |
| 3.40am GMT | 3.40am GMT |
| 03:40 | 03:40 |
| First-take reactions | First-take reactions |
| Claire Phipps | Claire Phipps |
| Trump’s team, to nobody’s surprise, think the speech went stratospherically well: | Trump’s team, to nobody’s surprise, think the speech went stratospherically well: |
| He crushed it. A brilliant, powerful address by @POTUS. https://t.co/0qclMr8n1f | He crushed it. A brilliant, powerful address by @POTUS. https://t.co/0qclMr8n1f |
| Very proud to work for @realDonaldTrump tonight. Incredible speech. Incredible night. | Very proud to work for @realDonaldTrump tonight. Incredible speech. Incredible night. |
| But more neutral observers – or members of the “evil” media, depending on your standpoint – are also broadly labelling it a success. | But more neutral observers – or members of the “evil” media, depending on your standpoint – are also broadly labelling it a success. |
| Here’s the BBC’s North America editor: | Here’s the BBC’s North America editor: |
| That was well crafted and well delivered. It felt like a conventional political speech from an unconventional politician #JointAddress | That was well crafted and well delivered. It felt like a conventional political speech from an unconventional politician #JointAddress |
| And from CNN’s Jim Acosta: | And from CNN’s Jim Acosta: |
| New Trump? Shifts on immigrationEmbraces protecting preexisting conditionsHugs NATO Starts speech with condemnation of hate crimes | New Trump? Shifts on immigrationEmbraces protecting preexisting conditionsHugs NATO Starts speech with condemnation of hate crimes |
| And there is praise of sorts from some of Trump’s more vocal opponents: | And there is praise of sorts from some of Trump’s more vocal opponents: |
| Well, whatever they slipped into Trump's Coca-Cola today, they need to give it to him nightly...intravenously while he sleeps. | Well, whatever they slipped into Trump's Coca-Cola today, they need to give it to him nightly...intravenously while he sleeps. |
| 3.35am GMT | 3.35am GMT |
| 03:35 | 03:35 |
| Speaker Paul Ryan declares Trump’s speech a “home run” in a statement released just minutes after Trump finished his speech. | Speaker Paul Ryan declares Trump’s speech a “home run” in a statement released just minutes after Trump finished his speech. |
| That was a home run. Here is my statement on @POTUS #JointAddress to Congress: https://t.co/JXwyBq1aHx pic.twitter.com/sDYHBmAbHo | That was a home run. Here is my statement on @POTUS #JointAddress to Congress: https://t.co/JXwyBq1aHx pic.twitter.com/sDYHBmAbHo |
| 3.26am GMT | 3.26am GMT |
| 03:26 | 03:26 |
| Two things to note from Trump’s speech that had not been previously announced. | Two things to note from Trump’s speech that had not been previously announced. |
| A call for Congress to pass $1 trillion in infrastructure spending. | A call for Congress to pass $1 trillion in infrastructure spending. |
| A new office in the Department of Homeland Security called VOICE (Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement), which focuses on victims of crime by immigrants. Trump did not clarify if this was crimes by all immigrants or by undocumented immigrants. | A new office in the Department of Homeland Security called VOICE (Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement), which focuses on victims of crime by immigrants. Trump did not clarify if this was crimes by all immigrants or by undocumented immigrants. |
| 3.20am GMT | 3.20am GMT |
| 03:20 | 03:20 |
| Sebastian Gorka, who was Breitbart’s national security editor and a Fox News commentator before he joined the White House as an advisor to Trump, clearly enjoyed the speech: | Sebastian Gorka, who was Breitbart’s national security editor and a Fox News commentator before he joined the White House as an advisor to Trump, clearly enjoyed the speech: |
| If you're not energized and teary eyed at the same time check your pulse.@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @VP @KellyannePolls pic.twitter.com/Jy8ZqWlaqQ | If you're not energized and teary eyed at the same time check your pulse.@POTUS @realDonaldTrump @VP @KellyannePolls pic.twitter.com/Jy8ZqWlaqQ |
| 3.18am GMT | 3.18am GMT |
| 03:18 | 03:18 |
| Video: Trump announces ‘victims of immigration crime’ office | Video: Trump announces ‘victims of immigration crime’ office |
| 3.14am GMT | 3.14am GMT |
| 03:14 | 03:14 |
| Trump is signing multiple autographs in the chamber. | Trump is signing multiple autographs in the chamber. |
| 3.14am GMT | 3.14am GMT |
| 03:14 | 03:14 |
| Fact-checking Trump's speech, #6 on trade and violence | Fact-checking Trump's speech, #6 on trade and violence |
| Alan Yuhas | Alan Yuhas |
| Trump: “Our trade deficit in goods with the world last year was nearly $800 billion dollars.” | Trump: “Our trade deficit in goods with the world last year was nearly $800 billion dollars.” |
| Fact-check: Trump has it almost correct that the trade deficit in goods alone neared $800bn; but he ignores the surplus in services, which reduces the deficit to about $500bn, according to the Census Bureau. | Fact-check: Trump has it almost correct that the trade deficit in goods alone neared $800bn; but he ignores the surplus in services, which reduces the deficit to about $500bn, according to the Census Bureau. |
| Trump: “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone — and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.” | Trump: “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone — and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher.” |
| Fact-check: Trump has accurately stated a statistic he often distorts. Last September, the FBI reported that murders and non-negligent manslaughter rose in the US by 10.8% in 2015, the largest single-year increase since 1971. That is not the same as saying there are more murders in the US than at any point since 1971: 15,696 murders were reported in 2015, down from 1991 high of 24,703. The murder rate declined 42% from 1993 to 2014, even though the population increased by a quarter. | Fact-check: Trump has accurately stated a statistic he often distorts. Last September, the FBI reported that murders and non-negligent manslaughter rose in the US by 10.8% in 2015, the largest single-year increase since 1971. That is not the same as saying there are more murders in the US than at any point since 1971: 15,696 murders were reported in 2015, down from 1991 high of 24,703. The murder rate declined 42% from 1993 to 2014, even though the population increased by a quarter. |
| Trump correctly cites Chicago’s number of shooting victims; the city has suffered a significant increase in gun violence in the last two years, though it has yet to reach the highs of the mid-1990s. This year has started even more violently than 2016 did, with at least 513 people shot so far. But fewer people have been killed compared with the same period in 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune, and police do not trust a few months’ worth of data to estimate a trend. | Trump correctly cites Chicago’s number of shooting victims; the city has suffered a significant increase in gun violence in the last two years, though it has yet to reach the highs of the mid-1990s. This year has started even more violently than 2016 did, with at least 513 people shot so far. But fewer people have been killed compared with the same period in 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune, and police do not trust a few months’ worth of data to estimate a trend. |
| Trump: “America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country – twice.” | Trump: “America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country – twice.” |
| Fact-check: As previously noted, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost an estimated $4.79tn, according to a university study estimate. Trump’s use of a $6tn claim is misleading: it takes in estimates of future spending, including veterans care for decades in the future. | Fact-check: As previously noted, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost an estimated $4.79tn, according to a university study estimate. Trump’s use of a $6tn claim is misleading: it takes in estimates of future spending, including veterans care for decades in the future. |
| 3.13am GMT | 3.13am GMT |
| 03:13 | 03:13 |
| Interesting note from CBS anchor Scott Pelley on Trump’s address. | Interesting note from CBS anchor Scott Pelley on Trump’s address. |
| "The fewest personal pronouns of any Trump speech we've ever heard" says @ScottPelley re #JointAddress. Heh. | "The fewest personal pronouns of any Trump speech we've ever heard" says @ScottPelley re #JointAddress. Heh. |