Takeaways from Trump’s address to Congress [Video]

A president’s speech to Congress — even without the formal gloss of a State of the Union address — is typically a time for a call to national unity and predictable claims about the country being strong.But that wasn’t President Donald Trump’s plan. His speech on Tuesday night was relentlessly partisan, boasting about his election victory and criticizing Democrats for failing to recognize his accomplishments.The hard edge reflected Trump’s steamroller approach to his second term, brushing aside opposition and demanding loyalty throughout the federal government.Here are key takeaways from the speech:Trump touts achievements, attacks opponentsTrump struck a divisive tone almost from his first words, calling his predecessor, Joe Biden, the worst president in history and chiding Democrats as so stinting in their praise of him they would not even grant him perfunctory applause.He placed himself alongside the country’s first president, George Washington, when discussing what he said were the flood …