Trump says he is ‘just getting started’ in speech to US Congress
Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump came to a US Capitol controlled by his Republican Party to take a lengthy victory lap. "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started," he told the joint session of Congress. In typical Trumpian hyperbole, he said that "many" believed his to be the most successful start to a presidency in US history. He noted what he said was a change in the national mood toward "pride" and "confidence". He compared himself to George Washington, and boasted about the size of his electoral victory. The whirlwind start to his presidency offered plenty of material for Trump to cover, and he didn't shy away from it. He ticked through a lengthy list of tangible accomplishments – hundreds of executive […]
