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Trump’s tone so far is celebratory

The overall theme so far in Trump’s address is one of celebration, whether celebrating his accomplishments so far in his second term, celebrating the upcoming 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, or celebrating the U.S. Olympic hockey team. 

Trump certainly made the most of the men’s team’s appearance in Congress, talking about them for more than five minutes. The images of smiling hockey players with gold medals around their necks will play well. 

For the first 10 minutes of his speech, before the arrival of the hockey team, Trump appeared to largely stick to the prepared text of his speech. That’s something he often doesn’t do, with his penchant for going off on tangents. 

He read off a long list of accomplishments in his first year back in office, punctuated by enthusiastic applause from Republicans in the House.