Trump, in Optimistic Address, Asks Congress to End ‘Trivial Fights’

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Trump, in Optimistic Address, Asks Congress to End ‘Trivial Fights’
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER BAKERFEB. 28, 2017

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On Tuesday night, President Trump made his first address to Congress, touching on his goals for immigration, jobs, education and national security. By THE NEW YORK TIMES on Publish Date March 1, 2017. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »
WASHINGTON — President Trump, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, defended his tumultuous presidency on Tuesday and said he was eager to reach across party lines and put aside “trivial fights” to help ordinary Americans.
He called on Congress to work with him on overhauling health care, changing the tax code and rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and military.
But he raised new questions about his policy priorities and how he plans to achieve them, especially on immigration.
Only hours before his address, Mr. Trump had broken from his tough immigration stance in remarks at the White House, suggesting that legal status be granted to millions of undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes. Many of Mr. Trump’s core supporters had denounced that approach as “amnesty” during the campaign.
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But in his speech, Mr. Trump never mentioned legalizing undocumented people and over all held to the tough-on-immigration theme of his campaign.
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President Trump emphasized the need for increased vetting of immigrants, a constant theme throughout his campaign. By THE NEW YORK TIMES on Publish Date February 28, 2017. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »
“The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides,” the president said at the White House, according to people in attendance who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the meeting.
The idea is a sharp break from the crackdown on immigrants in the United States illegally that Mr. Trump ordered in his first weeks in office and the hard-line positions embraced by his core supporters that helped sweep him into the White House.
But Mr. Trump made only a glancing reference to an immigration overhaul in his speech, calling for a new “merit-based” system that would admit only those able to support themselves financially. Over all he took a hard line on immigration, much as he had during the campaign.
“As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens,” Mr. Trump said. “Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.”
But in contrast with the dark themes of his inaugural address, Mr. Trump’s speech to Congress was a more optimistic vision of America and what he called the promises ahead. The themes were largely Republican orthodoxy, delivered soberly and almost verbatim from a prepared text. Mr. Trump read from Teleprompters and appeared restrained and serious.
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Republicans interrupted dozens of times with standing ovations, although Democrats mostly sat stone-faced. Mr. Trump presented himself as eager to put aside some of the vitriol of his presidency.
“The time for small thinking is over, the time for trivial fights is behind us,” he said. “From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears.”
The most emotional moment of the speech came when Mr. Trump recognized Carryn Owens, the widow of William Ryan Owens, a member of a Navy SEAL team who was killed during a commando raid that the president authorized in Yemen. Ms. Owens sobbed as Mr. Trump said, “Ryan’s legacy is etched into eternity.”
Mr. Trump said that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had guaranteed him that it was a “highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence.” Mr. Trump has been criticized for the raid, including by Mr. Owens’s father, with some arguing the operation was botched. Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump had blamed Mr. Owens’s death on “the generals” who oversaw the mission.
Although Mr. Trump’s presidency has been defined by executive orders and pronouncements, his speech appeared to be an attempt to open a new phase and reflected his need for cooperation from Congress.
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“My administration wants to work with members in both parties to make child care accessible and affordable, to help ensure new parents have paid family leave, to invest in women’s health, and to promote clean air and clean water and rebuild our military infrastructure,” Mr. Trump said.
The president has yet to propose major legislation to achieve his goals, with members of his cabinet and senior staff members divided over key elements of tax and health plans, and congressional Republicans split on how to structure them. By this point in his presidency, Mr. Obama had established an active — if not always friendly — working relationship with a Democratic Congress, having signed into law a $787 billion package of spending and tax cuts intended to stabilize the economy.
Mr. Trump laid out the broad outlines of a health care overhaul that papered over divisions among Republicans about how to structure it, calling for a plan that uses tax credits and tax-advantaged savings accounts to help Americans buy insurance, and promising a “stable transition” from the existing system.
Yet he made no mention of an array of challenges abroad, including Syria, North Korea and Russia. Nor did Mr. Trump criticize one of his favorite foils, the “fake news” media. He did pledge his full support for NATO after questioning the need for the alliance, and argued that his demands that nations contribute more money to NATO had paid off.
“I can tell you that the money is pouring in,” Mr. Trump said without providing examples or specifics. “Very nice.”
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Similarly, Mr. Trump offered no specifics on his suggestion earlier in the day that he might seek a comprehensive immigration overhaul. Such a move would be a significant turnaround for Mr. Trump, whose campaign rallies rang with shouts of “build the wall!” on the Mexican border. In January, he signed an executive order directing the deportation of any unauthorized immigrant who has committed a crime or falsified a document. The standard could apply to virtually any of the estimated 11 million people in the country illegally.
In his comments to the television anchors at the White House, Mr. Trump went so far as to raise the idea of granting citizenship to young undocumented immigrants who had been brought to the United States as children, one person present said. Such a change would go well beyond the temporary work permits President Barack Obama offered them through a 2012 executive order.
During his campaign, Mr. Trump criticized Mr. Obama’s directive as an “illegal amnesty,” and promised to immediately end the program if elected. But he has delayed acting on the matter since taking office and expressed sympathy for its beneficiaries, sometimes known as Dreamers.
The White House did not dispute Mr. Trump’s remarks to the anchors, but Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the deputy press secretary, said she had not witnessed the conversation and was therefore unable to confirm it.
“The president has been very clear in his process that the immigration system is broken and needs massive reform, and he’s made clear that he’s open to having conversations about that moving forward,” Ms. Sanders said. “Right now, his primary focus, as he has made over and over again, is border control and security at the border and deporting criminals from our country, and keeping our country safe, and those priorities have not changed.”
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The president’s remarks about immigration came as he prepares to issue a new version of his executive order banning travel to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and suspending the acceptance of refugees. The ban has been revised because of legal challenges.
Mr. Trump defended that order in his address to Congress.
“It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur,” Mr. Trump said. “Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values. We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America — we cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.”
The speech reflected the war Mr. Trump is fighting with himself and his inner circle. Even as he held out the possibility of legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, Melania Trump, the first lady, was hosting the families of victims of violent crime by such immigrants — a way of highlighting the president’s belief that immigrants who lack legal status pose a grave threat to Americans and should be feared and removed, not embraced.
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Trump, en dirección optimista, pide al Congreso que termine 'peleas triviales'
Por JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, MICHAEL D. SHEAR y PETER BAKERFEB. 28, 2017
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El martes por la noche, el Presidente Trump hizo su primera alocución al Congreso, abordando sus objetivos en materia de inmigración, empleo, educación y seguridad nacional. Por LOS TIEMPOS DE NUEVA YORK en la fecha de publicación el 1 de marzo de 2017. Foto de Doug Mills / The New York Times. Ver en Times Video »
El presidente Trump, en su primer discurso en una sesión conjunta del Congreso, defendió su tumultuosa presidencia el martes y dijo que estaba ansioso por alcanzar las líneas partidistas y dejar de lado "luchas triviales" para ayudar a los estadounidenses comunes.
Pidió al Congreso que trabajara con él en la revisión de la atención médica, el cambio del código tributario y la reconstrucción de la infraestructura y el ejército de la nación.
Pero planteó nuevas preguntas sobre sus prioridades políticas y cómo piensa lograrlas, especialmente en materia de inmigración.
Sólo horas antes de su discurso, el Sr. Trump había roto su actitud de inmigración en declaraciones en la Casa Blanca, sugiriendo que se otorgara estatus legal a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que no han cometido crímenes graves. Muchos de los principales partidarios del Sr. Trump habían denunciado ese enfoque como "amnistía" durante la campaña.
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Pero en su discurso, el Sr. Trump nunca mencionó la legalización de la gente indocumentada y sobre todo se mantuvo en el tema de la campaña contra la inmigración.
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"El momento es el adecuado para un proyecto de ley de inmigración, siempre y cuando haya un compromiso de ambas partes", dijo el presidente en la Casa Blanca, de acuerdo con la asistencia de personas que pidieron el anonimato porque no estaban autorizados para hablar sobre la reunión.
La idea es una ruptura aguda de la represión contra los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos ilegalmente que el Sr. Trump ordenó en sus primeras semanas en el cargo y las posiciones de línea dura abrazadas por sus partidarios de la base que ayudaron a llevarlo a la Casa Blanca.
Pero el Sr. Trump sólo hizo una rápida referencia a una revisión de la inmigración en su discurso, pidiendo un nuevo sistema basado en el mérito que admitiera sólo a aquellos que pudieran apoyarse financieramente. Sobre todo, él tomó una línea dura en la inmigración, tanto como lo hizo durante la campaña.
"Mientras hablamos, estamos eliminando miembros de pandillas, narcotraficantes y criminales que amenazan a nuestras comunidades y se aprovechan de nuestros ciudadanos", dijo Trump. "Los malos están saliendo como yo hablo esta noche y como he prometido."
Pero en contraste con los oscuros temas de su discurso inaugural, el discurso del Sr. Trump ante el Congreso fue una visión más optimista de América y lo que él llamó las promesas futuras. Los temas eran en gran parte la ortodoxia republicana, pronunciada sobria y casi literalmente a partir de un texto preparado. El señor Trump leyó de Teleprompters y pareció sereno y serio.
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Los republicanos interrumpieron docenas de veces con ovaciones de pie, aunque los demócratas en su mayoría sentados de piedra. El señor Trump se mostró ansioso por dejar a un lado el vitriolo de su presidencia.
"El tiempo para pensar poco es más, el tiempo para las peleas triviales está detrás de nosotros", dijo. "A partir de ahora, América será fortalecida por nuestras aspiraciones, no cargada por nuestros temores."
El momento más emotivo del discurso fue cuando el señor Trump reconoció a Carryn Owens, la viuda de William Ryan Owens, miembro de un equipo de Navy SEAL que murió durante una incursión de comandos que el presidente autorizó en Yemen. La Sra. Owens sollozó cuando el Sr. Trump dijo: "El legado de Ryan está grabado en la eternidad".
El Sr. Trump dijo que el Secretario de Defensa Jim Mattis le había garantizado que era un "ataque de gran éxito que generó grandes cantidades de inteligencia vital". El Sr. Trump ha sido criticado por la incursión, incluyendo por el padre del Sr. Owens. La operación fue fallada. Más temprano en el día, el Sr. Trump había culpado a la muerte del Sr. Owens de "los generales" que supervisaron la misión.
Aunque la presidencia del Sr. Trump ha sido definida por órdenes y pronunciamientos ejecutivos, su discurso parece ser un intento de abrir una nueva fase y refleja su necesidad de cooperación del Congreso.
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"Mi administración quiere trabajar con los miembros de ambas partes para hacer que el cuidado infantil sea accesible y asequible, para ayudar a asegurar que los nuevos padres hayan pagado vacaciones familiares, invertir en la salud de las mujeres y