USA: Pelosi rolls up his sleeves. State of the Union canceled

A few hours after her election to the presidency of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi addressed, as expected, a formal invitation to the US President to address to Americans the usual speech on the state of the United States. ;Union. & # 39; (or state of the nation) January 29th. However, on Wednesday, November 16, Pelosi showed why, at age 78, one of the Democratic Party's most influential policies remains. "Since the beginning of the 1977 fiscal year's modern fiscal policy, no speech about the state of the Union has been made during a government reshuffle", a- she said to Donald Trump in an official statement, justifying this prerogative the fact that several government agencies, including the secret services, no longer receive since December 21 what is already the largest closure in the history of the US government. "Unfortunately, given the security problems and unless the government reopens this week, I suggest we work together to come up with another date so that you can address your speech to the country when the services reopen or consider reopening. to speak to the nation in writing, transmitting the message to Congress on January 29, "reads the same document, which has since been made public.

For American badysts, the use of the verb "suggest" was only a delight. The speech is canceled and Trump can not do anything about it, because it is up to Pelosi to decide when and where this can happen. The historic Democrat Steny Hoyer, the Second House of Representatives, confirmed to CNN that "the state of the Union was canceled" and warned that this message was clear in its intent: "as long as the closure will remain effective , things will not work as before "

The big question now is the decision Donald Trump will make. The state of the Union is one of the most anticipated speeches of any presidency at the beginning of the year and Trump may decide to speak without "the blessing of Congress", predicted Vanity Fair after Pelosi had journalists that he "can talk about the oval office if you want". However, the impact of such a decision should be minimal on voters, exactly the opposite of the goal pursued.

It is recalled that this government closure occurred because of the disagreement between Democrats and Republicans on the budget for 2019, where Donald Trump seeks a grant of more than $ 5 million to fund the wall on the border with Mexico . For the Democrats, this is an unacceptable step and, as long as the impbade is maintained, a number of public services will remain paralyzed and their wage arrears – there are now more than 800 000 unpaid US civil servants.

Now, there is no longer any sign of abandonment by any of the parties.