Trump Called to Delay His State of the Union Address

Shutdown pressure on President Trump mounts up as house speaker calls on him to delay his state of the union address

The prolonged partial government shutdown in the US is arousing mounting pressures on president Donald Trump as house speaker, Nancy Pelosi calls on the president to delay his state of the union address. The prolonged shutdown was having a greater economic drag than previously anticipated. In a letter to the president, Pelosi stated that the shutdown, now in its fourth week, was affecting security service organizations, which makes it not ideal for the president to go on with the address. She further advised that unless the government reopens this week, another date should be fixed for the president's state of the union address or Trump should deliver the address in writing.