--- description: President Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Read a running transcript. title: Read President Trump's First Address to Congress image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44ff348075ee10fd/6988bc5ccd1bba43df704250/capitol-building.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read President Trump's First Address to Congress ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. President Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Read a running transcript._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:08 PM CUTPublished: Mar 1, 2017 1:10 AM CUT by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:08 PM CUTPublished: Mar 1, 2017 1:10 AM CUT President Trump will argue that “the time for trivial fights is behind us,” as he gives his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The speech, which is [not technically considered a State of the Union](http://time.com/4684755/trump-speech-state-of-the-union/ "undefined") but functions similarly to one, was expected to [address immigration](http://time.com/4686231/donald-trump-state-union-immigration-reform/ "undefined") and [other major legislative goals](http://time.com/4685184/donald-trump-state-union-joint-address-reset/ "undefined"). Here is a complete transcript of the remarks as prepared for delivery. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4686621/trump-congress-address-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4686621/trump-congress-address-transcript/"},"headline":"Read President Trump's First Address to Congress","datePublished":"2017-03-01T01:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T12:08:17.000Z","description":"President Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. 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