Trump addresses US Congress: LIVE UPDATES

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05 Mar 2025, 07:44 GMT+10

The US president has begun a "big" speech in which he has promised to "tell it like it is"

President Donald Trump is addressing a special joint session of the two chambers of the US Congress for the first time since taking office in January.

He said earlier that his address would be "big" and promised to "tell it like it is."

The president is expected to make the case for his second-term agenda, including restructuring the federal government at home and advancing 'America First' policies abroad.

On Tuesday, Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods and doubled tariffs he slapped last month on products from China.

Trump reportedly intends to use his address to Congress to announce a deal on Ukraine's critical mineral deposits, which he sees as part of his efforts to broker a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The planned signing of the deal last Friday was abruptly cancelled after a heated argument between Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office.

On Monday, Trump reportedly instructed the Pentagon to halt all military aid to Ukraine, including the weapons shipments in transit in Poland.

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