GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said he would look for alternative venues for his State of the Union address on Tuesday [1-22-19], appearing to capitulate after Speaker Nancy Pelosi again told him she would not invite him to deliver it at the House until the government reopens. The decision came after a tit-for-tat between Mr. Trump and Ms. Pelosi over the State of the Union address. Mr. Trump told Ms. Pelosi on Wednesday [1-23-19] that he would deliver the speech in the Capitol next week as originally scheduled. Ms. Pelosi fired back that he was not welcome unless the government was fully open. It had concluded, at least by late afternoon, with Mr. Trump declaring at the White House, ‘The State of the Union has been canceled by Nancy Pelosi because she doesn’t want to hear the truth.’”
–Maggie Haberman, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, “Trump to Explore Venue Alternatives for State of the Union,” The New York Times online, January 23, 2019