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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's State of the Union choice: Tackle the Russia probe head on, or pretend it doesn't exist
President Donald Trump faces a big question for his State of the Union address Tuesday night whether to mention the Russia investigation nagging his administration.
Then-President Richard Nixon, during his 1974 State of the Union address to Congress, urged an end to the investigation of the Watergate case. Less than eight months later, Nixon resigned in disgrace to avoid being impeached because of his role in trying to cover up the "third-rate burglary" that was at the center of the Watergate scandal.
Then-President Bill Clinton who was actually facing trial in the Senate on the same day he gave his 1999 State of the Union address after having been impeached by the House did not mention his own case at all.
Clinton ended up beating the charges and served out the remainder of his second term....
Then-President Richard Nixon, during his 1974 State of the Union address to Congress, urged an end to the investigation of the Watergate case. Less than eight months later, Nixon resigned in disgrace to avoid being impeached because of his role in trying to cover up the "third-rate burglary" that was at the center of the Watergate scandal.
Then-President Bill Clinton who was actually facing trial in the Senate on the same day he gave his 1999 State of the Union address after having been impeached by the House did not mention his own case at all.
Clinton ended up beating the charges and served out the remainder of his second term....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/trump-state-of-the-union-will-president-talk-about-russia-scandal.html
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Trump's State of the Union choice: Tackle the Russia probe head on, or pretend it doesn't exist (Original Post)
mia
Jan 2018
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. He will likely pretend it doesn't exist.
gopiscrap
(23,736 posts)2. he'll piss on the media instead
Johonny
(20,829 posts)3. He only gives one speech. Blah blah Hillary, blah blah stock market, blah blah Chicago
blah blah, electoral college...we've all heard it. Wall, Dreamers, Russians...it's all a game of vocabulary name dropping.