Trump’s Team Preparing Two Versions Of The SOTU Address

As far as we know, President Trump is planning on delivering the State of the Union next week as scheduled and expected.

SCOOP: @WhiteHouse has sent a letter to the Sergeant-At-Arms, asking to schedule a walk-through for the SOTU address. SAA cancelled a walk-through last week at the request of @SpeakerPelosi . @realDonaldTrump still plans to be at the Capitol on Jan 29 for the speech

— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) January 22, 2019

However, there’s a chance Pelosi could change her mind and choose not to honor her previous invitation.

What then? President Trump has lots of options. He could deliver it another way, and it sounds like he’s working on that backup option. Word has it Trump’s team is preparing two speeches– one for the traditional speech, and another designed in the event that he has to deliver it in another location.

President Donald Trump is preparing for two different State of the Union speeches – one a more traditional address delivered to Congress in the House chamber or some other location in D.C., the other prepared for a political rally at a location outside of Washington, D.C. that has yet to be determined, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning.

Sources told ABC News that the president was previously planning two separate versions of the State of the Union – one version if the government was still shut down and another if the government was open.

It’s hard to predict what will happen. He has to be prepared for anything and everything. There’s a chance this SOTU will be delivered in a MAGA-style rally.

However, now the planning has evolved, assuming the government shutdown could drag on past next Tuesday – the expected delivery date of the address. If the president decides to deliver a speech in rally form, it would mark the first rally style event the president has attended since the partial shutdown began.

What will happen? It’s in Pelosi’s hands. We’ll have to wait and see. One thing seems certain. Trump is delivering SOME form of an address no matter what.

h/t ABC News