Posted on 02/05/2019 7:33:27 AM PST by COUNTrecount
'He's been tightening the text': White House signals State of the Union will be shortest since George H.W. Bush as Trump will leave the Capitol just 45 MINUTES after he begins
White House schedule says Donald and Melania Trump will leave the Capitol just 45 minutes after annual address begins
President gave third-longest State of the Union in history last year, speaking for 1 hour, 20 minutes
The record belongs to Bill Clinton; Richard Nixon 's 29-minute speech in 1972 was the shortest in the modern era
Before 2018, all of the speeches to Joint Sessions of Congress that lasted more than an hour belonged to Democrats
Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night could be the shortest presidential speech to a Joint Session of Congress since 1990, according to a daily schedule districuted to reporters Monday night.
The White House's advisory say Trump will arrive at the U.S. Capitol at 8:40 p.m., deliver his dramatic speech at 9:10 p.m., and leave the building with first lady Melania Trump at 9:55 pm. – just 45 minutes later.
'This one probably won't be a marathon,' a White House official said Tuesday. 'He's been tightening the text with his Sharpie, not expanding it.'
The White House said Monday that the speech will stress 'unity,' at a time when partisan rancor has become a Washington, D.C. sacrament.
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I'm hoping he's leaving posthaste because he's planning on throwing down the gauntlet by releasing the unredacted FISA applications and making a dramatic exit.
A girl can dream, can't she?
The less time he takes, the less equal time the Dims should get.
He obviously doesn’t want to tire the viewers out so they miss the crap sandwich the Dems will provide as “rebuttal”...
I’m betting that some Rats walk out.
Including Big Media’s breathless lead-in, I expect our domestic enemies “response” will be longer than 45 minutes.
Will the Rats go full racist and have both black and white responses?
I think some are already “boycotting” it.
Walking out would divide Big Media’s attention, Rats could not do it without alerting them first.
He should walk up to the podium and say, I quote “You “f”ers are cray cray”. Drop the mic and call it a night.
I agree. The Media and the Rats are always coordinating things.
It's SHREK!
tonight would be a great time to release all fisa docs to the public and tell the world that these are the very people against the American Citizenry still
” as I see fit.”
And was a major part of the reason I campaigned for our protection and was another major reason why I was elected by the people.
rwood
and the Dems will let the Whiner whine on and on
Yup. Two years in now. Need to pick up the “as I see fit” pace.
Hello. The wall. Goodbye.
What do you say when everybody’s lying about you? The Bold, unvarnished, right up the wazoo truth. Declassify and release FISA affidavits, release everything you know about Hillary and pedophilia, and Epstein Island. Drop the freaking bomb cast your bread upon the Water, and tell him the American people to do the right thing for once. If they don’t do the right thing, where are F’ed anyway
Less is more. Exactly right. People expected Lincoln to give an hour-long speech at Gettysburg. They got a few sentences then he sat down, they were shocked.
“Eight-seven years ago.”
“Seriously Abe? No-one’s going to take you seriously with a speech under 200 words!”
“Four score and seven years ago.”
Say less, do more. Action speakes louder than words.
If you think about it the Democrats have in actuality given Trump a golden opportunity to make some well justified, bold political moves. He could go on the offensive on several fronts and put them on the defensive big time. Strike while the iron is hot. I believe most of the country would applaud his political courage to do the right things that need to be done.
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