Will Trump give the next State of the Union address?

[left-of-center2012]

When would that be?
(Is he allowed to use hand puppets?)

[eleny]

1. Maybe he'll send one of his kids to stand in for him

[brooklynite]

2. Why would Trump turn down a speech before an adoring crowd?

[eleny]

4. I'm hoping that the Dems will boo him and he might not want to risk that

A healthy dose of, "YOU LIE!" would be in order, too. This time it would be true.

[sdfernando]

10. I would love for every DEM to shout all at once "YOU LIE" everytime he does. /nt

[eleny]

11. Oh yeah - I'm so done with decorum. War is ugly so the Dems can go brutal at this point, imo

[narnian60]

13. +1,000,000

[tritsofme]

3. New presidents typically deliver an address to a joint session, though it is technically not a SOTU

His first, should he choose to deliver it in person, would be in early 2018.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. He'll do it in tweets.

[underpants]

6. Preview (2:23)

[sarcasmo]

7. On Twitter.

[Hekate]

8. It'll be in 140 characters, or, it'll be an hour and a half extemporaneous rant

[eleny]

12. His theme - "The wonder of me"

[redstatebluegirl]

9. How about screaming "he lies".....

I am sorry this only works for Republicans.

[2naSalit]

14. Nah... Ivanka will do it

since Malaria isn't allowed in front of an audience anymore.

[left-of-center2012]

15. "Malaria isn't allowed in front of an audience anymore"

Couldn't she just quote Obama's last speech?

[2naSalit]

16. Perhaps but

the trumplodites wouldn't understand her accident. And it would be highly offensive to the Obamas and those of us who are not trumplodites.


ETA: I should have said she's not allowed to speak before an audience anymore.

[onenote]

17. Based on recent history, he'll give a speech in February, but it won't be a SOTU address

The last five presidents have given speeches to a joint session of Congress within a month or so of their first inauguration. And while the press and others may have referred to them as State of the Union speeches, none of those presidents used that terminology to describe the speech they were giving.

Before that, neither Carter nor Reagan gave a State of the Union address or gave a speech to a joint session in the first month after taking office. The last President to give an address to Congress shortly after taking office and referring to it as a State of the Union address was JFK.

So maybe yes, maybe no.