--- title: Trump Congress Address Best Funny Internet Reactions description: Here's Twitter's funniest responses to Donald Trump's big speech to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-01T17:20:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:31.744Z og:title: The Internet's Funniest Reactions to Donald Trump's Address og:description: From Mike Pence and Paul Ryan memes to sarcastic humor. og:url: https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt232a41c848af3d1d/6988bc8e8e06013b24469660/trump-ryan-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump's Joint Address to Congress og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet's Funniest Reactions to Donald Trump's Address twitter:description: From Mike Pence and Paul Ryan memes to sarcastic humor. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt232a41c848af3d1d/6988bc8e8e06013b24469660/trump-ryan-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Had a Lot of Fun With President Donald Trump's Congress Address  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 1, 2017 5:20 PM UTC  WASHINGTON, USA - FEBRUARY 28: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "JIM LO SCALZO / EPA / POOL" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) US President Donald J. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, United States on February 28, 2017\. Traditionally the first address to a joint session of Congress by a newly-elected president is not referred to as a State of the Union. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, USA - FEBRUARY 28: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "JIM LO SCALZO / EPA / POOL" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) US President Donald J. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, United States on February 28, 2017\. Traditionally the first address to a joint session of Congress by a newly-elected president is not referred to as a State of the Union. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 1, 2017 5:20 PM UTC President Donald Trump’s first broad-ranging [speech to a joint session of Congress](http://time.com/4686785/trump-congress-address-analysis/?xid=homepage) on Tuesday touched on topics from healthcare reform to domestic crime to terrorism. For some, it [offered a sign](http://time.com/4686785/trump-congress-address-analysis/) that he could learn from the role. But naturally, the internet—being the internet—had [many strong feelings](http://time.com/4687109/trump-congress-address-travel-ban/?xid=homepage) and laughs about Trump’s stances, reacting to the mood in the room, the background looks of Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker Paul Ryan, and the [response of the Democrats](http://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/?xid=homepage) and political pundits in the aftermath of the speech. Below, a roundup of some of the funniest reactions. > [](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/836767212337840128) > [](https://twitter.com/ambermruffin/status/836770596814008324) > [](https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/836761154814947336) > [](https://twitter.com/TheNardvark/status/836768457156935680) > [](https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/836932726880096259) > [](https://twitter.com/MaeveReston/status/836764243173101569) > [](https://twitter.com/TheTweetwit/status/836921344247767040) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/836775285127331841) > [](https://twitter.com/cthagod/status/836767532426088453) > [](https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/836764969425317888) > [](https://twitter.com/mathewrodriguez/status/836973476288344064) > [](https://twitter.com/AnaGasteyer/status/836773844010545153) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/836773601567195136) > [](https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/836769985506635776) > [](https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/836762643209793536) > [](https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/836755653943263234) > [](https://twitter.com/crampell/status/836760463090335748) There were also some pointed jokes about the official Democratic response. > [](https://twitter.com/gilbertjasono/status/836781341484146688) > [](https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/836780523930411008) > [](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/836777648219107328) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Had a Lot of Fun With President Donald Trump's Congress Address","datePublished":"2017-03-01T17:20:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:31.744Z","description":"From Mike Pence and Paul Ryan memes to sarcastic humor.","url":"https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt232a41c848af3d1d/6988bc8e8e06013b24469660/trump-ryan-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt232a41c848af3d1d/6988bc8e8e06013b24469660/trump-ryan-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump's Joint Address to Congress","caption":"President Trump's Joint Address to Congress","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4687122/trump-congress-address-reactions/","name":"The Internet Had a Lot of Fun With President Donald Trump's Congress Address"}}]}] ```