'He's been tightening the text': White House signals SOTU will be shortest since George H.W. Bush ..

Daily Mail UK ^ | February 5, 2019 | David Martosco

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'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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Declassify and release FISA affidavits

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I couldn’t agree with you more. Drop the damn FISA bombs and expose the entire cabal. For that matter, use the docs to justify firing Mueller. If not now, then when?

Do the right thing for the American people. To hell with the feckless congress, which no one respects anyhow. This is political warfare. Fight to win or accept defeat.