The president of the United States, Donald Trump, starred this Tuesday in the first debate on the State of the Union of his second term in the White House, an appointment that he took advantage of to try to encourage Americans, increasingly concerned about the economic situation of the country. The Republican has defended his economic policy, especially the tariffs that the Supreme Court has just annulled, and has assured that the US is now «bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever.» In his speech, Trump lamented the Supreme Court’s «unfortunate» decision to annul the tariffs, considering that the White House had overstepped its bounds by invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). However, he has downplayed the issue, making it clear that the US will maintain most of the agreements reached with its trading partners and that, in any case, it will be able to tax foreign products based on the new global tariff announced last weekend, of 10%, which it later said could be increased to 15%. «They will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the unfortunate intervention of the Supreme Court,» said the US president in his speech in front of both houses of Congress. One intervention that the Republican has tried to use to reverse is skepticism from the electorate in a crucial year for his mandate. And the midterm elections will be held on November 3, and the Republicans are falling more and more in the polls. Americans doubt the economic policy of the Trump Administration, but also the foreign policy that the president is carrying out, especially in relation to Iran, which he has even threatened with military action. «We have achieved a transformation like no one has seen before, a radical change for history,» Trump said in a speech, which lasted a record one hour and 47 minutes. «They haven’t seen anything yet,» he added. The Republican has also assured that «today our border is secure, our spirits have recovered,» and at the same time «inflation is plummeting, income is increasing rapidly.» In his own words, «the economy is booming like never before, and our enemies are scared. Our military and police are well equipped, and America is once again respected, perhaps like never before,» he said.
