and while it is not unimaginable there might be some sort of drama or some sort of gamesmanship about the scheduling of the state of the union at a time like this particularly given the house of representatives led by nancy pelosi just formally recommended to the senate that the senate should remove president trump from office and make him no longer president. i mean you might imagine that the state of the union and its scheduling could be a source of controversy at a time like this, at a fraught moment like this. in fact, actually seems to have gone off without a hitch. nancy pelosi sent this brief letter to the white house today inviting president trump to deliver his state of the union on february 4th. and what do you know, no muss, no fuss, the white house responded immediately, yes, the president will accept. ding. now, there's still the possibility that that means the president will be delivering his state of the union address in the middle of his senate impeachment trial. we don't know.