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The White House says that the theme of tonight's speech is the renewal of the American dream. President Trump comes to Capitol Hill as his tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China take effect, rattling the markets. He's also facing pressure to deliver on campaign promises like lowering prices as American consumers feel less confident. Amid the continued fallout from Friday's fiery Oval Office exchange with Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelinsky, position to dictate. President Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill facing skepticism from the diplomatic community and restlessness about the economy. The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency has forced thousands of layoffs from the government workforce, with billionaire Elon Musk, neither *** cabinet member nor an elected official, leading the charge. And on Monday, Trump said 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will go forward as planned on Tuesday. The tariffs. You know they're all set. The latest measure of American consumer confidence from the conference board found the steepest decline in almost 4 years. Driven by concerns Trump's tariffs will boost inflation again, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the tariff plan is misunderstood. Let's let outside people who live and breathe off our economy, let them start paying, and let's reduce the tax burden on Americans. No tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime. This is. That tariff money back to the American people and that's what Donald Trump is going to do. Democrats hope to seize upon Trump's campaign promises to peel back prices in their speech responses. He said, I'm going to bring down costs from day one. What do we see? We see egg prices wholesale up 23%, lumber prices up, coffee prices up, and all of the things he's done, including these tariffs on our allies on Canada and Mexico, can bring them up even more. Some congressional Democrats have said they will not attend tonight's speech, holding their own events said others will bring members of the federal workforce who lost their jobs because of the Trump administration's doge cuts as their invited guests. The official Democratic response to the speech will be delivered by freshman Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan. She won *** tight race in *** state that Trump won last November. In Washington, I'm Karen.