In Star Wars, a Padawan is a young student who trains with a Jedi Knight or Master. Padawans typically meditate, train with lightsabers, and accompany their masters on missions.
Padawans are selected by their masters, who usually only take on one apprentice at a time.
The High Council Masters usually avoid directly selecting Padawans, preferring instead to let the Force bring a Master-Padawan pair together.
Kind of. A real State of the Union address doesn't come until a President has completed a full year in office. This technically will be a Presidential Address in front of a joint session of CONgress. I knew this but couldn't adequately describe why, so here is a good explanation.
Grok:
President Trump's address to Congress tomorrow, March 4, 2025, is not a "real" State of the Union address in the traditional sense. It’s an address to a joint session of Congress, which serves a similar purpose but differs technically due to timing and convention. The State of the Union, mandated by the U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 3) to be given "from time to time," is typically an annual speech delivered by a president after at least a year in office, recapping the previous year and outlining future plans. Since Trump was inaugurated in January 2025 for his second term, this speech comes too early to fit that mold—only about six weeks into his presidency.
Historically, newly inaugurated presidents often give an address to Congress shortly after taking office, but it’s not labeled a State of the Union. For example, Ronald Reagan in 1981, George H.W. Bush in 1989, and others followed this pattern, using it to set their agenda rather than report on a full year’s progress. Trump’s speech tomorrow aligns with this tradition, marking his first major address to Congress in this term, as he did in February 2017 during his first term. Sources like NPR and NBC confirm this distinction: it’s not officially a State of the Union because he hasn’t been in office long enough to reflect on a year’s state of the nation.
Expect it to feel like a State of the Union in tone—Trump’s likely to tout early actions and pitch his legislative goals, like government restructuring or immigration policy—but the label matters less than the content. Posts on X and news outlets agree it’s significant, with Trump himself calling it “big” and promising to “tell it like it is,” but the technicality holds: it’s an address, not the State of the Union. That’ll come next year, likely in January or February 2026, once he’s got a year under his belt.
Speaker Mike Johnson invites Trump to deliver address to Congress
In the letter, Johnson asked Trump to speak to both chambers of Congress “to share your America First vision for our legislative future.”
You may be right on that one Joys1Daughter! That could be very interesting. Although, I wonder will any of them speak English or have any love for DJT or the U.S.?
Let me clarify.
Back when I was reading about these American hostages that were taken after the 10/7 attack, I wondered why these Americans were over in Israel in the first place. Were they on a tour or vacation? I then learned that all of these 'American hostages' were actually full-time Israeli citizens and residents who had lived their whole lives in Israel and had never lived in the U.S. or attended school here, or had any family here, except perhaps briefly, as infants.
So they weren't Americans who were unfortunately on vacation in Israel and were abducted. They were full-time Israeli citizens, period.
Now, why were they being called Americans, then? And why was the U.S. responsible for obtaining their release instead of Israel?
If Chuck Schumer (dual citizen with Israel) were abducted while in the U.S. by say, a Chinese terrorist, would he be announced globally as an Israeli citizen or an American? And who would be responsible for sending help? The U.S. or Israel? Should the U.S. expect a crack intel team from Israel to come rescue him and free him when he lived and worked full-time and raised his family in the U.S. ? I wonder.
Now these hostages might have been accidental or purposeful 'anchor babies' to obtain American privileges whenever needed, but beyond that, they seemed to have no other relation to America.
So why we should care so much about them? Especially when we have our own problems with real citizens suffering here?
Hehe...rant away CO, I understand. When I heard they were coming to me the Administration, I thought hmm? 🤔 Guess we'll see because even though this is not SOTU, I expect POTUS to pull out all the stops.
Anyone have context?
State of the Union address
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Q-4940 has both "TOMORROW" and 2x "big" in the brackets.
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PSA:
In Star Wars, a Padawan is a young student who trains with a Jedi Knight or Master. Padawans typically meditate, train with lightsabers, and accompany their masters on missions.
Padawans are selected by their masters, who usually only take on one apprentice at a time.
The High Council Masters usually avoid directly selecting Padawans, preferring instead to let the Force bring a Master-Padawan pair together.
BQQMS incoming...💥
Thank you brother
Kind of. A real State of the Union address doesn't come until a President has completed a full year in office. This technically will be a Presidential Address in front of a joint session of CONgress. I knew this but couldn't adequately describe why, so here is a good explanation.
Grok: President Trump's address to Congress tomorrow, March 4, 2025, is not a "real" State of the Union address in the traditional sense. It’s an address to a joint session of Congress, which serves a similar purpose but differs technically due to timing and convention. The State of the Union, mandated by the U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 3) to be given "from time to time," is typically an annual speech delivered by a president after at least a year in office, recapping the previous year and outlining future plans. Since Trump was inaugurated in January 2025 for his second term, this speech comes too early to fit that mold—only about six weeks into his presidency. Historically, newly inaugurated presidents often give an address to Congress shortly after taking office, but it’s not labeled a State of the Union. For example, Ronald Reagan in 1981, George H.W. Bush in 1989, and others followed this pattern, using it to set their agenda rather than report on a full year’s progress. Trump’s speech tomorrow aligns with this tradition, marking his first major address to Congress in this term, as he did in February 2017 during his first term. Sources like NPR and NBC confirm this distinction: it’s not officially a State of the Union because he hasn’t been in office long enough to reflect on a year’s state of the nation. Expect it to feel like a State of the Union in tone—Trump’s likely to tout early actions and pitch his legislative goals, like government restructuring or immigration policy—but the label matters less than the content. Posts on X and news outlets agree it’s significant, with Trump himself calling it “big” and promising to “tell it like it is,” but the technicality holds: it’s an address, not the State of the Union. That’ll come next year, likely in January or February 2026, once he’s got a year under his belt.
Not State of the Union. This:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/speaker-mike-johnson-invites-trump-deliver-address-congress-rcna189298
Speaker Mike Johnson invites Trump to deliver address to Congress In the letter, Johnson asked Trump to speak to both chambers of Congress “to share your America First vision for our legislative future.”
There are 7 former Hamas hostages are enroute now to meet with the Administration...wonder if they'll receive an invitation to POTUS speech?
You may be right on that one Joys1Daughter! That could be very interesting. Although, I wonder will any of them speak English or have any love for DJT or the U.S.?
Let me clarify.
Back when I was reading about these American hostages that were taken after the 10/7 attack, I wondered why these Americans were over in Israel in the first place. Were they on a tour or vacation? I then learned that all of these 'American hostages' were actually full-time Israeli citizens and residents who had lived their whole lives in Israel and had never lived in the U.S. or attended school here, or had any family here, except perhaps briefly, as infants.
So they weren't Americans who were unfortunately on vacation in Israel and were abducted. They were full-time Israeli citizens, period.
Now, why were they being called Americans, then? And why was the U.S. responsible for obtaining their release instead of Israel?
If Chuck Schumer (dual citizen with Israel) were abducted while in the U.S. by say, a Chinese terrorist, would he be announced globally as an Israeli citizen or an American? And who would be responsible for sending help? The U.S. or Israel? Should the U.S. expect a crack intel team from Israel to come rescue him and free him when he lived and worked full-time and raised his family in the U.S. ? I wonder.
Now these hostages might have been accidental or purposeful 'anchor babies' to obtain American privileges whenever needed, but beyond that, they seemed to have no other relation to America.
So why we should care so much about them? Especially when we have our own problems with real citizens suffering here?
(Sorry for the rant.)
Hehe...rant away CO, I understand. When I heard they were coming to me the Administration, I thought hmm? 🤔 Guess we'll see because even though this is not SOTU, I expect POTUS to pull out all the stops.
March 4th is also the original inauguration day of our country before it became a corporation.
I do believe we will see something planned play out