The troops, especially command, are happy that they are not visiting.

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Yes

An honest answer.

So I t’s nothing more than using the power of the American state to settle personal scores. Petty vindictiveness, backed by the authority of the CinC.

While his wife flies around at the taxpayer’s expense.

Tell me, do you like having a President who is on a par with your typical corrupt Central African dictator?

Claiming “but he’s an entertainer” is pisspoor justification.

He can't change the venue. Only the method. And the timing. It can be a letter or an in person address. It can be any time of the year. It doesn't even have to be annual.

Article 2, Section 3 lists the Presidential Responsibilities:
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

From time to time, he's got a give Congress the state of the Union. That's it, the only requirement is it is given to congress. He can change the venue, but all of congress would have to be there.

You seem to be conflating 2 things here. "He's an entertainer" was not justification for cancelling Pelosi's plane. It was in reference to her request to postpone the SOTU.

Interesting. I think he could still have a big press conference on his terms and then just send a short letter to Congress.

The SOTU as done usually is probably the worse format for Trump. The media would concentrate on the negative reactions, the Dems would get there official response to the SOTU, etc. But if he just have a press conference, would CNN really cut to a Dem response to it?

“He’s an entertainer” is just as applicable to Pelosi inviting him on stage for a shit throwing contest as it is a reference to his SOTU venue. Do you not see that by pulling her flight he thinks he is entertaining his dwindling base?

And maybe FLOTUS does always get to fly at taxpayers’ expense when she flies. That isn’t the issue. The issue is whether she should have been allowed to fly in the first place. Trump decided that the Govt’s money ought not to be spent on Pelosi flying. He sure as hell didn’t decide that in the spur of the moment. It was orchestrated to ensure that the bus left and then had to return. He lines his family’s pockets with your money and you defend him when he does. Now that’s bizarre.

No, that's not the issue. The issue isn't whether having the SOTU would be unfair to gov workers not getting paid, or the cost of Pelosi's junket. She pissed in his Cherrios and he responded in kind.

I'm not defending Trump or Pelosi's actions.

This is EXACTLY the issue.

Look at the responses in this thread. Both sides are blind to the stupidity of the people in their party. Trump and Pelosi deserve each other.

You just hit the nail right on the head, bro. I hope this current round of stupidity destroys both of them as well as their political parties. I mean, look at the folks lining up to run for president in 2020. A nutless monkey would be a better candidate. And those two wrinkled-up old whorebags engineering the shutdown can't even do that properly. Somebody remind me again why we all put them in charge? Were we smoking meth that day, or what?

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