Speaker Nancy Pelosi has sent a letter to President Trump asking him to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 5. (Politico)
In the letter, Pelosi wrote that the two had agreed upon the new date next week, after she had postponed her original offer of Jan. 29 amid the shutdown. (NPR)
Trump responded later Monday accepting Pelosi’s invitation. “It is my great honor to accept,” Trump wrote. “We have a great story to tell and yet, great goals to achieve!” (CNN)
When Trump first heard about Pelosi’s pledge to block him from giving the address, he said he would hold an “alternative” event, contending that the Democrat is “afraid of the truth.” He called her action a “great blotch” on the country. Trump backed off later the same day. He tweeted that he would “do the Address when the shutdown is over.” (CNBC)