#TrumpCongressSpeech America is back': Key takeaways from Donald Trump's US Congress speech

United States President Donald Trump addressed Congress on Wednesday (Tuesday in the US) for the first time since returning to power for his second term. Trump's speech was on the heels of his sweeping decisions on tariffs, immigration, Ukraine and the layoff of federal employees

Trump recently imposed retaliatory tariffs on rival China and neighbouring nations like Canada and Mexico. In another bold move, the US President paused aid to war-ravaged Ukraine, steering away from the predecessor Biden's policy of backing Kyiv.

The stopping of aid to Ukraine came after an ugly verbal spat between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Oval Office.