周三，美国政府试图理解唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统对国会的联合讲话，众议院共和党人认为这次讲话“非常好”，而民主党人称其为“党派性和分裂性的”
共和党人众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊和民主党众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周三出现在美国广播公司新闻的“早安美国”节目中，表达了他们政党对川普周二的不同看法演讲.
“这是美国总统发表的最具党派性和分裂性的演讲之一，”杰弗里斯告诉ABC新闻的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯。
特朗普在众议院和参议院的共和党多数派雷鸣般的掌声中发表讲话，但面临一些喧闹的民主党人的诘问。
“昨晚的演讲非常成功，”约翰逊周三在“GMA”节目中说"这不是对主流媒体的演讲，而是对美国人民的演讲."
在演讲中，代表休斯顿地区的11届民主党众议员阿尔·格林站起来，用手杖指着讲台喊道，“你没有权利削减医疗补助。”男性被护送从密室里。
约翰逊周三表示，民主党人诉诸“鸡毛蒜皮”，他们在演讲中的抗议相当于“一件可悲的事情”。他指出格林“试图打断整个过程”
“如果民主党人希望一位77岁的国会议员成为他们抵抗的代言人，质问总统，那就来吧，”约翰逊说。“但我们不允许在球场上出现这种情况。”
杰弗里斯回应说，“绝大多数”民主党人“表现出克制，听取了总统的意见。”他说他“强烈”不同意约翰逊的描述。
“我对这次演讲的最大问题是，唐纳德·特朗普没有说什么，没有列出什么，没有阐明什么来满足美国人民的需求，特别是在涉及经济的时候，”他说。
总统对亿万富翁科技大亨埃隆·马斯克和他的政府效率部大加赞赏，后者一直忙于削减联邦政府。
约翰逊对马斯克在一些人看来是“未经选举的官僚”的担忧不屑一顾，称他相当于一个“爱国的美国人”。
“他为国家做出了巨大贡献，应该受到称赞，”他说。
特朗普为他周二对墨西哥商品征收的关税进行了辩护中国随着中国商品关税的增加。
“关税不仅仅是为了保护美国的就业，也是为了保护我们国家的灵魂。关税是为了让美国再次富裕起来，”特朗普在演讲中说。
但是杰弗里斯指出，总统没有足够重视餐桌上的问题。
“唐纳德·特朗普承诺降低成本。事实上，他在第一天就承诺降低成本，”他说。“我们知道，食品杂货价格不是在下降，而是在上升，通货膨胀率在上升，股市在下跌，这正在损害普通美国人的退休保障。”
随着3月14日的临近和潜在的联邦政府关闭的迫近，杰弗里斯和约翰逊都被问及民主党正在采取什么措施来保持联邦政府的资金和开放。
杰弗里斯说:“我们希望确保政府保持开放，我们可以就满足美国人民在健康和安全、国家安全以及经济福祉方面的需求的支出法案达成一致。”“当国会拨款时，政府——无论是民主党还是共和党——都需要把这笔钱用于改善美国人民的生活，这不是不合理的。这是完全合理的。”
然而，约翰逊似乎有信心保持政府开放的决议会获得通过，尽管他称民主党人提出了“不合理和前所未有的要求”。
“我们会有一个决议，并通过它的众议院和发送。参议院，”约翰逊说。“我希望理性的人会真诚地协商此事。我们正在为一个人人都能认同的顶线而努力。”
'Partisan and divisive': House leadership disagrees on reception of Trump's joint address
As Washington sought on Wednesday to make sense of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress, House Republicans saw the speech as going "overwhelmingly well," while Democrats called it "partisan and divisive."
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC News' "Good Morning America" on Wednesday, presenting their parties' differing views of Trump's Tuesdayspeech.
"That was one of the most partisan and divisive speeches every delivered by an American president," Jeffries told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
Trump spoke to thundering applause from Republican majorities in the House and Senate, but faced heckles from some raucous Democrats.
"The speech last night went overwhelmingly well," Johnson said on Wednesday on "GMA." "It was not a speech for the mainstream media -- it was a speech for the American people."
During the speech, Rep. Al Green, an 11-term Democrat representing the Houston area, stood up and pointed his cane at the dais and shouted, "You have no mandate to cut Medicaid." Hewas escortedfrom the chamber.
Democrats resorted to "pettiness," and their protests during the speech amounted to a "a sad affair," Johnson said on Wednesday. He pointed to Green "trying to interrupt the whole proceeding."
"If the Democrats want a 77-year-old congressman to be the face of their resistance, heckling the president, then bring it on," Johnson said. "But we couldn't allow that on the House floor."
Jeffries responded, saying the "vast majority" of Democrats "showed restraint, listened to what the president had to say." He said he "strongly" disagreed with Johnson's characterization.
"The biggest problem I had with the speech, there was nothing said, nothing laid out, nothing articulated by Donald Trump to meet the needs of the American people, particularly as it relates to the economy," he said.
The president heaped praise on Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul, and his Department of Government Efficiency, which has been busy slashing the federal government.
Johnson shrugged off concern that Musk appeared to some to be an "unelected bureaucrat," saying he amounted to a "patriotic American."
"He's doing a great service for the country and he ought to be applauded," he said.
Trump defended the tariffs he put in place on Tuesday on goods from Mexico andChina, along with the increased duties in Chinese goods.
"Tariffs are not just about protecting American jobs, they're about protecting the soul of our country. Tariffs are about making America rich again," Trump said during the speech.
But Jeffries pointed to kitchen-table issues that, he said, the president hasn't focused enough on.
"Donald Trump promised to lower costs. In fact, he promised to lower costs on day one," he said. "We know that grocery prices are not going down, they are going up, inflation is going up, and the stock market is going down, which is hurting the retirement security of everyday Americans."
As March 14 approaches and a potential federal government shutdown looms, both Jeffries and Johnson were asked about what the Democrats are doing to keep the federal government funded and open.
"We want to make surety government remains open and that we can agree upon a spending bill that meets the needs of the American people, in terms of their health and safety, our national security, and their economic well-being," Jeffries said. "When congress appropriates the money, the administration -- Democratic or Republican -- it needs to spend that money consistent with improving the lives of American people, that's not unreasonable. That's entirely reasonable."
Johnson, however, appeared confident that a resolution to keep the government open would pass, in spite of what he called "unreasonable and unprecedented demands" by Democrats.
"We will have a resolution, and pass it to the House and send it on the. Senate," said Johnson. "I hope reasonably-minded people will negotiate this in good faith. We are working for a top line everyone can agree with."
