OTC50 #115

US PRESIDENT TRUMP ROCKS & ROLLS TO BEGIN SECOND TERM

By PETER THOMAS BUSCH

United States President Donald Trump took greater control of the message coming from the Oval Office during the First 100 Days of his administration by sequestering, as much as possible under the rules, Congressional Representatives, and Prime Time Network Producers on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

This message was underscored by the obvious support from the Republican side of Congress. When Trump said, Yes, the Republicans erupted in applause and standing ovations. When Trump said, No, the Republicans erupted in applause and standing ovations, all the more vigorously.

Trump began, with a recuring theme for the next 100 minutes, by listing his accomplishments, his Administration’s agenda and some of the more innocuous million dollar details discovered along the way so far.

Trump being there would have caused Deja vu were it not for the presence of new Vice President JD Vance and newish Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, standing behind him as he delivered the Address to Congress.

What is a common element of these forums is a highly personalized American vitriol which simultaneously betrays the back story of an Administration, while also shoring up support moving forward. Trump spoke as if running a corporate real estate takeover in the background.

United States President Barack Obama used to talk as if running a street ministry, after finding everybody in the neighbourhood at the community basketball court.

About 51% of Americans from every economic class and every race and gender group support Trump, while 49% from every economic class and every race and gender group oppose Trump.

The designated survivor, Doug Collins, who is otherwise 17^th in line to the Presidency, as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Trump Cabinet, would have become president if everyone else above him in line attending the Joint Session of Congress had been wiped out by a dirty bomb or by other means, perhaps laughing gas. Collins was taken away to the ‘bunker’ under heavy security, prior to the President arriving at the Capitol Building.

Billionaire Elon Musk was present as the Presidentially appointed leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk, unlike his impromptu appearances in the Oval Office, was not wearing a t-shirt and ball cap. Musk wore a business suite and juggled water bottles in the balcony section.

First Lady Melania Trump entered Congress with family friend Steve Witcoff, who is an appointed United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. The billionaire, real estate tycoon had also received an appointment in the previous Trump Administration. 

First things first, though, the Trumps left their residence at the White House and headed up the street in the Government issued limousine along the National Mall to the Capitol Building.

Then the Cabinet entered, and somewhere the Generals took their seats at the front near the Supreme Court Justices. And unbeknownst to everyone watching on the networks and streaming services, the special guests, who would get specific mentions during the speech by the President, took their seats.

Special guests receiving specific mention and standing up for Congress and everyone else to witness during the address is a distinctly American tradition.

Trump is the last to enter the chamber, as the Presidents are normally without exception.

Trump was the last to enter. And Congressional Representative Al Green, from Texas, was the first to leave, after being escorted out of his seat by the Sergeant of Arms, for heckling the President during the Address to a Joint Session of Congress where friend and foe alike are invited to take their seats. 

Barely before Trump could achieve any headway in the speech, Green began shouting audibles from the bleachers, in this way indirectly messaging his supporters watching from home. 

Mr. Green was able to take two or three verbal swipes at the President before Speaker Johnson found his Rule Book and warned Representative Green once, before having to order Representative Green’s expulsion. Johnson had to use the exact words, like mimicking that need arising when casting a spell, otherwise Mr. Speaker’s instructions to the Sergeant of Arms might be found void ab initio, after the fact, to his much embarrassment.

Sergeant of Arms is a special term for a special security detail for politicians inside the Capitol Building. Apart from heckling, Democrats also held up paddle signs that stated various messages in opposition to the Republican Government agenda, such as (Elon) “Musk Steals” and “Save Medicare”.

Green would eventually get censored by Congress, after everyone eased off the issue and had an evening to reflect on the proper course of punishment, in the regular course of official business before Congress.

Once the chamber was quiet enough again, Trump stated the Golden Era in American History was coming, reiterating one of the catch phrases Trump delivered during the Inaugural Address on January 20, 2025, when he was sworn in as the 47^th President.

Trump does not qualify for the State of the Union Address until his second year in office, but the President has the power to call a Special Joint Session, and the President did just that to shore up his first 43 days in office and a flurry of Executive Action which he surmised so far totalled 100 Executive Orders and 400 Presidential direct moves that bypassed Congress.

The President must work with Congress, but the President also has individual executive power, although that power is substantially more limited in terms of pursuing an agenda for change, particularly because of the absence of a budget power and the ability to spend government funds.

Trump repeated the major policy platforms of his Administration, such as ‘repelling the invasion of our country’, which he has underscored by declaring a national emergency on the southern border to stop the illegal migration of people from the Southern Hemispheric nations into America.

“They heard my words and they chose not to come – it’s easier that way all around”, Trump chortled, crooning a bit for an extra loud applause, and perhaps for some chuckles and extra wide smiles from the crowd of like-minded politicians.

Trump mentioned DOGE. And Elon Musk took a bow from the balcony. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is responsible for eliminating ‘appalling’ government waste, such as social security payments to phantom citizens. Also on the agenda is the dismantling of the federal Department of Education, which once completed will create more freedom for State Legislatures and parents to decide the education of their children.

The President also maintains that America has been ripped off by every country on Earth.

And, and, the president maintains that the Administration’s tariff policy has already generated a combined 1.7 trillion in investments by Open AI, Oracle, and Apple. With a tariff wall on imports, manufacturers tend to move inside the trade barrier and produce for less and reap higher profits from domestic consumers.

Law and order will also be returned to America with the liberation of migrant towns and sanctuary cities from the drug cartels, according to Trump.

The drug cartels and MS13 are foreign terrorist organization, similar to ISSIS, shouted the President of the United States.

Only time will tell, and Trump just does not have enough days in the Presidential Term to accomplish everything. So, Mr. President gathered every about to at least show that he was trying to fulfil his campaign promises.