[Pelham]

Even the State of the Union speech has been transformed into a narcissistic address. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson delivered the State of the Union via a written report, and this remained the standard practice until Woodrow Wilson switched to reading his address in person. Nowadays it resembles a king’s speech, full of standing ovations and relentless clapping. I am unconvinced that Donald Trump will return it to its reserved, Jeffersonian form.

I'm hoping he Tweets it.

[Terry Mross]

Trump tweets “The state of the Union is in a shitty state after 8 years of obama and I still have 60 characters left.”