Discussion: Part Of Reason Trump Reopened Gov't? He Wanted To Deliver SOTU In Proper Venue

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The only proper venue for an SOTU from Donald Trump would be a whorehouse.

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Trump spends more time practicing for his SOTU speech than other public speaking events because he knows he will stick to the script, according to the Times.

Oh, what a crock.
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Practicing with Miller? OK, then you know he’s going to nail it.

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Hope he does something interesting, like declare a national emergency. Or having ICE show up in the gallery and arrest the immigrants who got invites.

If it’s another replay of the last few episodes of “Wall wall blue duct taped women wall wall”, that’s going to be terrible for ratings, and the producers may consider cancelling the show.

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In the past he has stuck to the script when it mattered. Since he really can’t read, it will sound like a third grader taking his turn during the class reading aloud assignment. But I think he will follow the script. He will claim afterward that it was the most brilliant SOTU ever delivered, and that the audience loved it.

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I was thinking silence is appropriate, no clapping at anything and act nonreactive no matter how he demeans the office. Just stare straight at him, like they own him. Because now they have the power to investigate, they do.

If asked, say they will work with him where there is common ground and they will not negotiate with a party that takes our government hostage.

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I think his urge to “hit back” will overcome him. He’s pissed. About the wall fight. About being humbled by Pelosi. About the delay in the SOTU, and having to cry “Uncle” and open up the government just to give the damn thing. Right now he’s a knotted mess of anger, frustration and a desire for payback and revenge. He can’t keep it bottled up. Wouldn’t surprise me if he went full “Abused women wrapped in duct tape in the trunk!!! Ahhh!!” before he finished.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Proofreads State of the Union One Last Time to Remove Any Remaining Facts

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Someone, probably Cillizza, maybe Rick Lowry, will proclaim after the speech, that he finally became presidential.

It will happen.

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I really hope there are a few smirks and laughs from people in the audience. It wouldn’t take much to set him off.

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Just as half of America when presented with clear facts that they refuse to believe.

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In my happy world of fantasy politics the Democratic Party’s response is five minutes of President Obama doing Trumpsky one-liners. .

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So is CNN or MSNBC going to have an official sniff counter?

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Wasn’t that one of the main points in three or four of GWB’s SOTUs?

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I don’t know. All I remember is the “hydrogen economy” while trying to control his smirk since the cheapest way to obtain hydrogen is through cracking fossil fuels, cheaper by a factor of 4. The other was “Mars, bitches!”

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Oh, is that the drinking game we’re playing?

Better not make it full shots per sniff, or we’ll all be dead of alcohol poisoning 10 minutes in.

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I suspect it was the only reason because to Trump, the SOTU is entirely about him, it’s the one day of the year he doesn’'t need a rally to get all eyes on him and he was embarassed he got out played by Pelosi on delivering it.

The only question for tonight will be does the media fall for his non-stop stream of lies and give them legitimacy by debating them or do they immediately call them out and inform the viewers without the same old both sides discussions we too often see, giving equal weight to Trump’s lies and Democratic solutions to real problems.

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No kidding!!!

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall…

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“Reverance.” Only a delusional person would assert that Trump has such a thing for any US tradition.

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