And this presents a problem for the media as well. Will they set up in the House, or the Senate, or somewhere else? Last minute.
The Senate chamber is just way too small. I’m guessing the Trump team has already investigated an alternative venue & will be willing to ‘go’ if Nan continues to play Nasty. The “easiest” would be to do it from the Oval Office & that would preserve the ‘dignity’ of the occasion, whereas a rally type scenario would not & I think Trump is cognizant of that. A big criticism of him is that he is not Presidential & doesn’t take the office seriously, as ridiculous as those charges are.
Trump doesn’t get audience feedback in the OO when reading on a teleprompter to TV cameras & he definitely feeds off the energy of a live audience. Real people animate him whereas he is more ‘flat’ in front of a teleprompter/TV cameras only. If he opts for the OO, he could, for example, have Angel Moms & others present & that live audience would be a good thing for him. He is emotionally involved with the Angel Moms - doing right by them with the border situation means a lot to him.
I trust Trump to figure out what’s best if Nasty Nan doubles down. I saw earlier where Steny Hoyer said he didn’t have a problem with Trump giving the SOTU in the House ... a break from ol’ Nasty. Cracks starting to appear .....??
Hoyer says ‘sure’ when asked if Trump can deliver SOTU, despite Pelosi’s objections
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hoyer-says-sure-when-asked-if-trump-can-deliver-sotu-despite-pelosis-objections