President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night descended into chaos and confrontation as Democratic lawmakers repeatedly challenged his rhetoric on immigration, election integrity, and economic policy. The speech was marked by heated exchanges, dramatic walkouts, and direct accusations—beginning before Trump even took the podium and intensifying throughout the evening as tensions between the president and opposition lawmakers reached a boiling point.The evening revealed a Congress fundamentally divided not just on policy, but on basic facts, with Democrats pointing to real-world consequences of Trump administration actions while the president made claims contradicted by trade partners, economists and his own officials.Following are the five most manic moments from Trump's address: 1. Al Green escorted from the chamber before it even gets good and started.Holding a sign declaring that “Black People Aren’t Apes,” Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was escorted from the chamber before Trump’s State of the Union speech really beganGreen’s sign, and his subsequent removal, stemmed from a video posted by Trump on his Truth Social account featuring a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. At the end of the 62-second video the Obamas' faces appear on apes' bodies for about 1 second as The Tokens' song 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' plays.Trump later removed the post, but never apologized for the inflammatory post, not even when asked by reporters.Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) attempted to pull Green’s sign away on his way out, and Trump made no mention of the lawmaker’s removal nor an apology.2.Trump claims other countries were “happy” being tariffed by tweet Trump was determined to defend his illegal tariffs, even after the conservative Roberts Supreme Court dismantled his ability to wield them through emergency orders.“These tariffs took in hundreds of billions of dollars to make great deals for our country, both economically and on a national security basis. Everything was working well. Countries that were ripping us off for decades are now paying us hundreds of billions of dollars. They were ripping us so badly. You all know that. Everybody knows it. Even the Democrats know it. They just don't want to say it. And yet these countries are now happy and so are we. We made deals, the deals are all done and they're happy,” Trump claimed. “… And then just four days ago, an unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme Court, it just came down,” continued Trump. “Very unfortunate ruling. But the good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made. … knowing that the legal power that I, as president, have to make a new deal could be far worse for them, and therefore they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the supreme court's unfortunate involvement.”In actuality, the European Commission has slammed the brakes on U.S. trade negotiations after Trump made his retaliatory announcement of blanket tariffs in the aftermath of the court ruling.Trump also claimed, incorrectly, that “Congressional action will not be necessary,” despite Congress being required to extend them beyond their short lifespan. He also claimed, incorrectly, that his tariffs are funded “by foreign countries,” despite claims from U.S. consumers, farmers, and businesses saying they pay them.3. Trump blasts Democrats for beating him to death on ‘affordability’ Trump clearly remains sore that Democrats are getting such good traction out of high food and service costs this year, as indicated by their successful wins in off-year elections. Trump ranted that Democrats’ campaign arguments are effective while blaming them for causing the high costs to begin with.“[N]ow, the same people in this chamber who voted for those disasters suddenly use the word ‘affordability’ –a word. They just used it. Somebody gave it to them, knowing full well that they caused and created the increased prices that all of our citizens had to endure.”“You caused that problem. You caused that problem,” Trump said, looking to Democrats in the audience. “They knew their statements were a lie. They knew it. They knew their statements were a dirty, rotten lie. Their policies created the high prices,” Trump said before launching into claims that he is reducing inflation, despite reports showing no meaningful shift.“Our policies are rapidly ending [inflation.] We are doing really well. Those prices are plummeting downward. … The cost of chicken, butter, fruit, hotels, automobiles, rent is lower today than when I took office by a lot. And even beef, which was very high, is starting to come down significantly. Just hold on a little while. We're getting it down, and soon you will see numbers that few people would think were possible to achieve.4. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) calls Trump a “murderer” to his face.