President delivers State of the Union emphasizing tougher immigration policies, economic gains and drug-price plan

The President addressed a joint session of Congress and outlined an agenda centered on immigration enforcement, economic growth and a health-care initiative to lower prescription drug prices. He opened by characterizing the nation as experiencing a ‘‘turnaround for the ages’’ and credited his administration with falling inflation, higher incomes and record stock-market highs. "We're gonna do better and better and better," he said.

The President proposed several legislative priorities. He called on Congress to approve what he named the Save America Act and urged passage of a Stop Insider Trading Act to bar lawmakers from using insider information for personal gain. On drugs, he described a "most favored nation" approach and pointed to a new website the administration is promoting to deliver lower prices; he cited an individual who said one drug had fallen from about $4,000 to under $500 after using that service.

Immigration and border security featured prominently. The President asserted that "today, our border is secure" and proposed a so-called "Delilah law" to prohibit states from issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. He also called for ending sanctuary-city protections and for stronger penalties against officials who impede removals. The address included multiple personal accounts of victims and families to illustrate his position.

On the economy, the President credited tariffs and private investment for job growth and pledged protections for homeowners and retirees, including a plan to expand access to retirement accounts with an employer match of up to $1,000 annually for workers without plans. He highlighted private donations to what he called tax-free child "Trump accounts," naming donors and claiming they would prefund accounts for millions of children.

On foreign policy and national security, the President described recent U.S. military operations that, he said, recovered hostages and struck at foreign adversaries. He framed increased defense spending and NATO burden-sharing as central to those efforts and said U.S. forces had received a new recruitment and compensation boost.

The President made multiple specific claims about statistics and outcomes (for example, that fentanyl shipments "are down by a record 56 percent" and that "in the past 9 months, 0 illegal aliens have been admitted to The United States"). Those assertions were presented to the chamber as administration findings; they were not independently documented during the address.

The House returned to order after the speech, referred the President's message to the Committee of the Whole for consideration and then agreed to a motion to adjourn until 9 a.m. the following day.

The address combined policy proposals for legislation, executive actions the President said his administration had taken, and recognition of service members and victims. Several of the speech's empirical claims and program details will require independent verification or legislative action to become binding policy.