The comments came amid turmoil as DOGE took over USAID offices last week.
President Donald Trump made good on his threats to impose tariffs on some of the U.S.'s trading partners, announcing Saturday that he will levy 25% tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese goods.
Experts have warned that tariffs of this magnitude will likely increase prices paid by U.S. and Trump appeared to acknowledge that “some pain” might be possible in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee announced it will meet Tuesday, when it is expected to vote on the controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
House Speaker Mike Johnson formally invited Trump to address Congress on Tuesday, March 4.
"Your administration and the 119th Congress working together have the chance to make these next four years some of the most consequential in our nation’s history," the speaker wrote. "I eagerly await your response."
-ABC News' Lauren Peller
Trump said he would push Congress to pass a bill that changes the tax code that would end taxes on tips.
The president pushed that policy during the campaign trail.
"So if you're a restaurant worker server, a valet, a bellhop, a bartender, one of my caddies ... your tips will be 100% yours," he said.
Trump also reiterated his plan to issue tariffs on foreign countries and even floated a proposal to end income tax in favor of tariffs for revenue.
Trump boasted his executive orders ending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirements within the federal government claiming he "got rid of the woke crap."
The president claimed that no companies wanted to impose those policies.
"I don't think they believed it," he claimed.
Trump spoke to a crowd at the Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to tout his "no tax on tips" proposal and other economic policies.
The president spent the early parts of the rally repeating his claims from the campaign trail and on inauguration day that the U.S. was in decline and prices were too high.
He also boasted many of his executive orders including having the U.S. leave the Paris Climate Agreement.
"Wasn't the environment supposed to eat us up like in 12 years? But that was like 13 years ago. What happened? We're still here," said Trump, who spent Friday visiting areas of North Carolina and California ravaged by recent natural disasters.
