Karoline Leavitt sends message to Dems who may disrupt Trump's address to Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
LEAVITT: President Trump would like to make a deal. And, sadly, it has seemed up to now that President Zelensky doesn't want to discuss a genuine peace agreement. And to negotiate peace, you have to get both sides to the table and in any decent deal in business, in politics, both sides typically leave somewhat unhappy. I believe President Zelenskyy, unfortunately, is not realizing that at this point in time. But behold, the president is a negotiator and that's what he wants to be. He wants the war to be over. He wants the killing to stop. He desires a ceasefire, and he had an economic deal on the table on a silver platter for President Zelenskyy to sign at the White House last Friday, which would not have been merely an economic deal. It would have been a lifeline for President Zelenskyy and his nation. If you've got American miners and American companies prospecting for those rare earth minerals in Ukraine, that is a wonderful deterrent for Putin into Russia. And that deal didn't get signed because President Zelenskyy didn't show up in the Oval Office with the right attitude. Trump arrives for address to joint session of Congress in 2020
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FILE -- President Donald Trump is greeted by members of Congress as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts | REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL, inset)
Several hard-left Democrats are calling for significant disruptions to Trump's speech, from full-on walkouts to bringing noisemakers to drown out Trump's words, Axios reported Tuesday. Some of the more mainstream ideas bandied about include bringing egg cartons to bring attention to costs, bringing protest signs, and coordinating clothing.
Democratic leaders are said to have urged members in private meetings this week to maintain their protests civil, though many have contended that large outbursts would only serve Trump.
SEVERAL DEMOCRATS TO BOYCOTT TRUMP'S 'PEP RALLY' SPEECH TO CONGRESS
More conventional protest arrangements are the Democratic Women's Caucus urging members to wear pink, and women of the Congressional Black Caucus to make arrangements to wear black. Other members have considered wearing blue and yellow to express solidarity with Ukraine.
FILE - President Donald Trump gestures towards Democrats while addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Protests at State of the Union addresses and other high-profile presidential events have become more frequent and intense in recent years. Although Trump's Tuesday speech is not officially a State of the Union speech, it is structured essentially the same way.
White House aides spoke to Fox News Digital exclusively and said that the speech, titled "The Renewal of the American Dream," will have four broad sections: achievements from Trump's second term so far domestically and internationally; what the Trump administration has accomplished for the economy; the president's new call for Congress to approve more money for border security; and the president's vision for peace globally.