LIVE UPDATES: US President Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress

22:48 PM EST: Trump reads out Zelenskyy’s letter:

"This morning, I received a letter from the President of Ukraine: 'Ukraine is ready to sit at the negotiating table. No one wants peace more than Ukraine.

We are ready to sign an agreement on minerals at any time.' I am grateful to have received this letter from the President. At the same time, we are receiving signals from Russia that they are ready for peace—isn't that wonderful?"

22:42 PM EST: “I think we’re going to get it, one way or the other.” Donald Trump on Greenland. “We need Greenland for national, international security.”

22:39 PM EST: Donald Trump: “We will reclaim the Panama Canal.”

22:39 PM EST: Donald Trump: “We will create a new office of shipbuilding.” “We used to make so many ships, we don’t make them anymore. We will make them again, very fast.”

22:34 PM EST: Donald Trump moves onto discussing the US military and congratulating Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

22:21 PM EST: Donald Trump: “As we reclaim our sovereignty, we must also bring law and order to our cities and towns.”

Trump then continued speaking on immigration and listing the new policies that his administration has brought forward in this regard.

22:08 PM EST: Donald Trump: When talking about protecting American children, Trump says, “no step is more crucial than protecting our border.”

22:07 PM EST: Donald Trump: “Tariffs are about protecting the soul of our country. Make America rich again.”

21:58 PM EST: Trump moves onto discussion of tariffs, “On April 2nd, reciprocal tariffs kick in.”

21:57 PM EST: Trump discusses new tax cuts.

21:51 PM EST: Trump talks about his new initiative “the gold card,” that he says will go “on sale very very soon.” He says that “for 5 million we will allow people to buy US citizenship. These people will have to pay tax in our country.”

Trump's speech continued with a focus on alleged US government inefficiencies that were allegedly uncovered by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.

21:45 PM EST: Donald Trump lists different initiatives across the world that the US was providing aid to, but that were cut by DOGE.

21:43 PM EST: Donald Trump: “Thank you Elon, he’s working very hard. He didn’t have to.”

21:41 PM EST: Donald Trump says that he will take dramatic action to increase extraction of “critical minerals and rare earth here in the USA.”

The initial 20 minutes of Trump's speech were largely focused on him outlining his actions since resuming office.

21:35 PM EST: Donald Trump: “Our country will be woke no longer.”

21:32 PM EST: Donald Trump: “For every one new regulations, 10 old ones must be eliminated.”

21:26 PM EST: Donald Trump: “In the past weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders.”

21:22 PM EST: Donald Trump: “The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before.”

21:14 PM EST: Donald Trump enters the chamber to deliver his address to Congress.