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| State of the Union: Donald Trump to give his first address – live updates | State of the Union: Donald Trump to give his first address – live updates |
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| If there was one thing you could count on out of the Barack Obama White House, it was that each year they’d roll out some new gimmick for promoting the State of the Union. | |
| In 2015, the Obama team became the first to release the SOTU text in full in advance online. They put out an “enhanced” video feed in 2016, and over the years they perpetrated all kinds of social media activity, from Instagram to Facebook to Tumblr. In 2016 they produced an electrifying State of the Union “supercut”. | |
| This year, the Trump team has added an innovation all its own: it’s going to flash the names of campaign donors onscreen as the president talks. | |
| Eric Trump, the president’s second son, sent an email about it earlier. It read in part: | |
| We’re sick of hearing the media say that our movement is losing support. Today that ends. | |
| YOU can prove them wrong while the world watches my father’s first official State of the Union Address. | |
| The official Donald J. Trump for President livestream of the speech will display the names of all the patriots who chose to make a contribution for the world to see. | |
| Trump campaign’s livestream of State of the Union speech will display campaign donors’ names on screen. pic.twitter.com/FyF9QaLZSh | |
| Newt Gingrich, never one to miss an opportunity to make money, has just fired out a mass email trying to hustle up some cash on the back of Trump’s address. | |
| “After you watch tonight’s speech ...” is the subject line of the email. | |
| It turns out that what Gingrich wants you to do after the speech is spend $69.99 (plus tax and shipping) on a Gingrich-taught video series: “A six-lesson course to defend America from the left”. | |
| “If you are ready to fight back against the radical left, then Speaker Newt Gingrich invites you, your friends, and your family to join him in Defending America,” says the blurb. | |
| “This 6-part video course covers the most critical issues facing our country, from culture and economics to religion and self-defense. It is a world-class learning opportunity from a world-class history professor and political practitioner.” | |
| During Gingrich’s run for president in 2012 it emerged he had debts of between $250,000 and $500,000 at the jewellery store Tiffany’s. And as of 2016 Gingrich had still not paid off the debts from that doomed presidential campaign. According to reports, as of May 2016 he still owed $4.6m. Maybe that explains things. | |
| People are particularly excited this evening to hear the president talk about how well the economy’s doing, judging by the group of Twitter users who responded (guilty) to a poll proposed by the Republican speaker of the House, Paul Ryan: | |
| During tonight’s #SOTU address, which of these topics are you most looking forward to hearing @POTUS speak about? https://t.co/dp72PUoJUc | |
| Note: this poll is meaningless. | |
| Our Washington bureau chief David Smith fills us in on what we can expect Trump to talk about tonight, covering policy areas including the economy, infrastructure, immigration, national security, trade and Other. | |
| On immigration, David writes: | |
| Trump said on Monday he would address his proposed immigration overhaul in the speech – and it would have to be bipartisan “because the Republicans don’t really have the votes to get it done in any other way”. In the State of the Union he will promote “four pillars” of reform: border security, including the wall; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) legalisation; ending extended-family “chain migration”; eliminating the visa lottery and moving towards a merit-based system of immigration. | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| The typo presidency** struck again in the first printing of tickets for tonight’s speech, which admit the bearer to the chamber of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill: | |
| Republicans may have to recall all State of the Union tickets because they say "Uniom" not "Union," per two Dem aides. pic.twitter.com/FosSnznIHp | |
| That’s maybe the worst Trump presidency typo since the White House Snapchat account heralded “Secretary of Educatuoun Betsy DeVos” and the Department of Education quoted one “WEB DeBois.” | |
| **Yes, making fun of typos at the outset of a six-hour live blog is asking for it, we know. | |
| Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. | Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address. |
| The speech is scheduled to start at around 9pm ET and is likely to last about an hour. Afterwards we’ll round up noteworthy reactions, hopefully including from you. Write us, ping us, @ us, etc. I’m at tom.mccarthy@theguardian.com and @teemcsee. | The speech is scheduled to start at around 9pm ET and is likely to last about an hour. Afterwards we’ll round up noteworthy reactions, hopefully including from you. Write us, ping us, @ us, etc. I’m at tom.mccarthy@theguardian.com and @teemcsee. |
| Trump has said he will brag about the economy and ask Democrats for a deal on immigration. But what do you expect from the president tonight? Will he stick to the script? Is he aiming for one of those speeches that makes people use the word “presidential”? | Trump has said he will brag about the economy and ask Democrats for a deal on immigration. But what do you expect from the president tonight? Will he stick to the script? Is he aiming for one of those speeches that makes people use the word “presidential”? |
| Don’t be shy – let’s hear your predictions. Presidents almost always say that the state of the union is “strong”. What will it be tonight? “Like, record-breaking”? “So fantastic you’re not gonna believe it”? “Covfefe”? | Don’t be shy – let’s hear your predictions. Presidents almost always say that the state of the union is “strong”. What will it be tonight? “Like, record-breaking”? “So fantastic you’re not gonna believe it”? “Covfefe”? |
| fun drinking game for SOTU coverage: every time you hear the word "presidential," start crying | fun drinking game for SOTU coverage: every time you hear the word "presidential," start crying |
| Recall that Trump has already delivered one of these, sort of, with his address to a joint session of Congress 11 months ago, a speech remembered for the immortal line: “The time for trivial fights is behind us.” | Recall that Trump has already delivered one of these, sort of, with his address to a joint session of Congress 11 months ago, a speech remembered for the immortal line: “The time for trivial fights is behind us.” |
| Then he tweeted: | Then he tweeted: |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show | Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show |
| We’ve got four hours – drop me a line with your forecasts, imprecations, witticisms and laments. Meanwhile we will be looking at the history of the State of the Union speech, the roster of invited guests, the designated survivor, background dramas, #SOTU trivia, anticipated speech themes, dumb #SOTU traditions, and much much more. | We’ve got four hours – drop me a line with your forecasts, imprecations, witticisms and laments. Meanwhile we will be looking at the history of the State of the Union speech, the roster of invited guests, the designated survivor, background dramas, #SOTU trivia, anticipated speech themes, dumb #SOTU traditions, and much much more. |
| Thanks for joining us and please make yourselves at home in the comments ... | Thanks for joining us and please make yourselves at home in the comments ... |
| The #SOTU speech is really boring, slow, lethargic - very hard to watch! | The #SOTU speech is really boring, slow, lethargic - very hard to watch! |