--- title: Donald Trump Address to Congress: Watch Online description: President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first address to Congress on Tuesday. You can watch it live here. canonical: https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T11:00:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T11:27:41.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time og:description: Trump is expected to be optimistic og:url: https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time twitter:description: Trump is expected to be optimistic twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:27 AM UTCPublished: Feb 28, 2017 11:00 AM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:27 AM UTCPublished: Feb 28, 2017 11:00 AM UTC President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4672974/donald-trump-white-house-chaos/) will say that “the time for trivial fights is behind us” when he delivers his first address to [Congress](http://time.com/4683695/president-trumps-first-big-test-in-congress/) on Tuesday night. The White House released [excerpts of the address](http://time.com/4686621/trump-congress-address-transcript/?xid=homepage) shortly before it began on Tuesday evening. He promised to create millions of jobs, defeat ISIS, and opened the door to immigration reform “We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts,” he will say. “The bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls. And the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams to action. From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations – not burdened by our fears.” Trump [previewed](http://fortune.com/2017/02/28/donald-trump-grade-congress-address/?iid=leftrail) his message during [an interview with Fox News](http://fortune.com/2017/02/28/donald-trump-twitter-congress/?iid=leftrail) on Tuesday morning. The President was expected to deliver an optimistic and forward-looking speech that’s big on ideas but short on how things will actually get done. Trump’s speech comes shortly before the official release of his first budget, which will reportedly include a proposal for a [$54 billion increase](http://time.com/4683978/donald-trump-defense-budget-increase/) in defense spending. [Congressional Democrats](http://time.com/4683842/donald-trump-joint-address-congress-democrats-prebuttal/) were ready to counter-program the President, with some planning to bring guests from immigrant communities and other groups that have felt marginalized by Trump’s initial weeks in office. Trump was scheduled to speak at 9 p.m. E.T. You can watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time","datePublished":"2017-02-28T11:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T11:27:41.000Z","description":"Trump is expected to be optimistic","url":"https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","livestream","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4684397/donald-trump-congress-address-watch-online/","name":"Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time"}}]}] ```