The president told television anchors ahead of his State of the Union address that he’ll defer comments about impeachment until his acquittal a day later
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is unlikely to smack congressional Democrats who voted to impeach him when he gives his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
“I’m not bitter,” Trump told several news anchors during a private lunch Tuesday afternoon, according to two people familiar with the discussion.Despite delivering the prime-time address in the same room where House Democrats voted to impeach him on two articles — obstruction of Congress and abuse of power — less than two months ago, Trump said his tone Tuesday night would be “extraordinarily low-key.
Instead of using the stately occasion to air his grievances — something Republican lawmakers privatelyabout leading up to State of the Union — Trump said he will wait to speak about impeachment until Wednesday, when he is expected to be acquitted by the Senate. Meanwhile, Trump will use the annual address to contrast his economic policies and the current state of the U.S. economy with the costly policy proposals offered by Democratic presidential candidates. He told news anchors his speech would include a “modified” version of the anti-socialism shtick that’s become a staple of his 2020 campaign rallies.
At one point during, Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked the president how he will feel when he arrives on Capitol Hill to face Democrats — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , who will be seated just behind Trump on the elevated dais — who have spent the past several months accusing him of criminal behavior while in office.
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