US President, Donald Trump insisted, his speech to the Nation on 29. To keep in January in the U.S. house of representatives, despite the objections of the Democrats. The Chairman of the chamber, the Democrat Nancy Pelosi, had voted in favor of Trump shifts his speech – and this is justified with security concerns due to the ongoing Government shutdown.

Trump wrote in a on Wednesday released a letter to Pelosi, there is, according to the competent authorities the right not to be security walls. Therefore, he was looking forward to his speech as originally planned, on 29. To keep in January in the house of representatives.

It would be “so sad for our country,” if the speech is not on time, on schedule and at the designated place would be held, the President stressed. The latter he called “very important”.

Due to a bitter budget dispute between Trump and the opposition Democrats, parts of the U.S. government for more than four weeks. In Parallel, Trump, and Pelosi has been going on for days, personal skirmishes. After Pelosi had proposed to the President to postpone his speech because of the “shutdown” or just a written statement, had Trump state cancelled a trip to the Top Democrat to Afghanistan, also with reference to the government still. He had suggested that Pelosi and her Delegation could fly line, if you wanted to. This was as a revenge speech counted for Pelosis Blockade of Trumps in the US Congress. With his letter, Trump to put now.

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The U.S. President traditionally holds at the beginning of the year, a speech on the state of the Nation. This goes back to article 2 of the U.S. Constitution. (dpa)