President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. (Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS, Getty Images)
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After last week’s tense Oval Office kerfuffle involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump and Vice President JD Vance, how the president would address the crisis in Ukraine was at the top of lawmakers’ minds.
Trump repeatedly slammed Biden for sending billions in aid to help Ukraine fight Russia, which sparked applause from the Democrats. Trump quickly responded and asked if they wanted it to continue "for another five years." He then insulted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., saying that she would like to see the war continue.
Trump said it was unfair that the U.S., under the Biden administration, spent more than Europe did on Ukraine’s defense, despite America being an ocean away. He also slammed Biden for not trying to get Europe to "equalize" its spending to at least match U.S. contributions.
In his address, Trump said that he had received a letter from Zelenskyy earlier that day indicating that Ukraine is "ready to come to the negotiating table" and "to bring lasting peace." Trump praised Zelenskyy for the letter and doubled down on his calls for peace talks, saying, "If you want to end wars, you have to talk to both sides."
Trump said that he brought an end to the weaponization of government, referring to multiple lawsuits that were brought against him that required him to spend days in court during his 2024 campaign. He held the Biden administration responsible for those legal battles.
"And we ended weaponized government where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent like me," Trump said. The crowd had a strong reaction to the statement, prompting Trump to turn to Democrats and ask, "How did that work out?"
Trump has long claimed that the numerous legal cases open against him were politically motivated. He also called for an end to the weaponization of law enforcement against political opponents, once again using himself as an example.
Vice President JD Vance, left, President Donald Trump, and House Speaker Mike Johnson are seen during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Despite trying to distance himself from "the Green New Deal," which Trump calls "the green new scam," in 2020, Biden put a large emphasis on climate policy in his administration. In 2022, he signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which included the largest investment in climate policy in U.S. history.
Trump, however, used Biden’s climate change policies as a point to bash his predecessor.
"We ended all of Biden’s environmental restrictions that were making our country far less safe and totally unaffordable. And importantly, we ended the last administration's insane electric vehicle mandate," Trump said.
He went on to boast about ending "the ridiculous green new scam" and exiting what is known as the "Paris Agreement." Trump reiterated his stance that the U.S. was paying too much in the Paris Agreement, while other countries "were not paying."
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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