State of the Union 2019: The highs and lows of the president's annual address to Congress as Donald Trump takes the floor

Donald Trump's postponed State of the Union address to Congress has been rescheduled for 5 February after the longest US government shutdown in history was brought to a close. Originally scheduled for 29 January, House speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the president not to go ahead with his speech during the diplomatic impasse and suggested he submit it by letter, a manoeuvre Republicans were quick to brand “political” and which appeared to provoke Mr Trump into denying Ms Pelosi’s congressional delegation the use of a military plane to visit troops in Afghanistan. The president finally bowed to the speaker’s right to refuse him an invitation but can now press ahead, albeit a week later than planned.

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