Pretty sure there is a constitutional requirement for the President to give a SOTU report to the House Speaker every year but it can be in written form to satisfy the requirement. Optional to do it in the speech form - that is why Nancy got the text of the address last year while sitting there - to meet the requirement. Also is why there was such an uproar when she tore up the speech - her copy was an official document that she destroyed.
You assert it "would" do it.
Problem is, you are wrong.
Actual searching, which you failed to do, turned up the contrary. Lots of it.
Yes, people should not mislead others. You should have attempted to verify your incorrect memory before posting. "An" address, not a SOTU in 2017.
Downvoting won't change that.
Pretty sure there is a constitutional requirement for the President to give a SOTU report to the House Speaker every year but it can be in written form to satisfy the requirement. Optional to do it in the speech form - that is why Nancy got the text of the address last year while sitting there - to meet the requirement. Also is why there was such an uproar when she tore up the speech - her copy was an official document that she destroyed.