POTUS, Trump has made a very wise & correct move in declaring that he will deliver his SOTU address in the House of Representatives Chamber after the Federal Shutdown has ended. For those folks that claim Trump caved...they are dead wrong.
First, giving the SOTU anywhere but in the House Chamber would have let Nancy Pelosi off the hook and many of the Democrat “Fake Media” would have not broadcast it live...thus limiting the impact of the speech on the American public.
Second, when POTUS, Trump does deliver the SOTU speech the House gallery chamber will be filled with “Angel Moms, Dads and Families, including Children, along with Venezuelans & with Cubans, which will clearly inform the American People that Trump is going after both Venezuela & Cuba (Which, by the way, their populations, are both now starving food daily).
Nancy Pelosi will be forced to be present or she will not show up and be in hiding. The nutcase Democrat Caucus will make total fools of themselves in the public view of millions of Americans watching on TV, live stream, the internet, etc.
Smart move, POTUS, Trump, As usual that strategic mind of yours is always working for the benefit of the American people.
If I were an Democrat, which I am not and never will be, I would vote today in the Senate, to give Trump his 5.7 Billion bucks for Southern Wall Funding. If the Democrats miss this chance, the price they will pay down the road will be much more painful and devastating then they ever dreamed of it being. Smart move...President, Trump!!!
You make some good points. I think one of the better ones is that he can’t very well say the state of the union is strong if there is an ongoing shut-down.
He didn’t dig too deep in saying he would look for an alternative to the SOTU report but he said this too early. Always something that could have been done better.