Today, I wrote to @realDonaldTrump recommending that we delay the State of the Union until after government re-opens, as the @SecretService, the lead federal agency for #SOTU security, faces its 26th day without funding. https://t.co/K2oL8WGvqo pic.twitter.com/g3fIlxDbbK— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 16, 2019
“We haven’t heard — he’s very silent, more than 24 hours … We haven’t heard yet,” she said.
Nancy Pelosi, speaking of Donald Trump, on the subject of the postponed SOTU.* But it applies to almost everything.
This is his first tweet in 24 hours:
The Left has become totally unhinged. They no longer care what is Right for our Countrty!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2019
And yeah, it's got a typo. Kind of hard to be menacing when you can't be literate. That was followed by one more, notable for who it doesn't mention, and for what it does:
So funny to watch Schumer groveling. He called for the firing of bad cop James Comey many times - UNTIL I FIRED HIM!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 17, 2019
No, I don't know either, and don't care. Seems to be like his post about walls in the world, which one account blamed on FoxNews, another on USA Today. But nobody, best I can tell, even wants to fact check this stuff anymore. I mean, why bother?
And he's throwing himself a pity party, because he re-tweeted this:
They are eaten alive by hate for our President & his voters!— Lori Hendry (@Lrihendry) January 17, 2019
They care more about illegal immigrants than they do for American citizens!
Look no further than CA re-directing money away from US citizens to illegal immigrants.
Thank you for putting America 1st Mr. President
He blamed "Speaker Pelosi" for not allowing Democrats to negotiate a deal (not that there are any reports they are anxious to), and the "radical left" for controlling the Democrats. Pretty weak tea in the face of AOC's actions yesterday. He still won't mention Pelosi, which is what's telling; and he's not talking about the SOTU, because it's a fight he can't win. But he thinks he can fight anyway:
WH fires back on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's letter over State of the Union. pic.twitter.com/UF1Xsv6y4L— Sam Levine (@srl) January 17, 2019
Which is not playing on the same field at all. Trump isn't shaming Pelosi with this act; he's being childish and petulant because he can't force the Speaker to allow him to address Congress or even enter the floor of the House of Representatives. Not going overseas during the shutdown actually plays to Pelosi's point. And it's worth noting:
DHS considers the State of the Union to be a “national special security event” requiring “some of the most complex and logistically complicated protective operations undertaken by the Secret Service, often requiring anywhere from 3 to 18 months of planning.”
Trump's attempt at retaliation does not increase confidence in the abilities of the Administration. While it's a veiled attempt at responding to Pelosi's withdrawal of the invitation, her statement we opened with is still true: Trump hasn't responded to her about that. There is no quid pro quo offered here, no real mention of the SOTU at all. Certainly nobody's getting eaten alive by that letter.
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