This is a busy week….the Senate trial, voting in Iowa and the State of the Union speech by the president given before a combined House/Senate……
What will he say?
Always the same question……and I give a preview so you know what to look for…..
President Trump will use next week’s State of the Union to promote what he calls the “Great American comeback,” according to a senior administration official. The speech comes at a moment when Trump is hoping to put his Senate impeachment trial behind him. White House officials say. Trump wants to use the nationally televised address to highlight his administration’s efforts to bolster the economy, tighten immigration rules and lower prescription drug costs just as his reelection effort accelerate, the AP reports. “I think it’s safe to say the speech will celebrate American economic and military strength and present an optimistic vision of America’s future,” said the senior administration official, who briefed reporters on the speech that Trump is scheduled to deliver before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
But for the second straight year, Trump will deliver his speech with a cloud over his presidency as his Senate impeachment edges to a rancorous close. Last year, Trump was forced to postpone his speech because of the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history, triggered by bitter partisan battle over his push for funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border. The official who briefed reporters declined to comment on how the speech will address impeachment. White House officials stressed Friday that the president was determined to offer an optimistic message. Trump has invited Army veteran Tony Rankins, who has battled post-traumatic stress disorder and drug addiction, and Raul Ortiz, a deputy chief of the Border Patrol, to be among his guests at the speech.
Just a quick look….but not to worry I shall give an analysis after the fact…..
Keep in mind that this could change depending on the news cycle before the speech…..so many things could change the tone and the structure….we wait……
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No interest in watching/listening to the Nazi make his speech.
Me either…it will be a rambling babbling mess…but I will watch because …well….I feel I owe to my readers. chuq
He is on ‘trial’, and could be impeached, (OK, I know he won’t be) yet he is still allowed to make a SOTU speech? If this was a TV show, people would say it was beyond credibility.
Best wishes, Pete.
He will always be impeached……just not convicted in the Senate the same as Clinton…..chuq