President addressing joint session of Congress

[Machiavelli]

Regarding a President addressing a joint session of Congress, I hope President Trump does away with this practice. I know it's tradition but it's 2017, not 1960.

The President and Vice President, the Cabinet minus one member, SCOTUS minus one member, and members of Congress are there.
It puts our government at risk. Duh.

It's best for such speeches to be delivered from the Oval Office or some other remote location.

This should be for special addresses only. They should go back to delivering State of the Union addresses in writing.

That's my opinion (I know, I know). What's yours?

[Hondo69]

 

I agree, the practice is outdated.

Besides, we have to sit there and watch the leaders of Congress sitting behind the president hoping one of them picks his nose or does something else of interest. 

And then there are those painful wide shots of the audience with their plastic smiles and frowns.  If I want to puke I can drink a cup of Clorox all by myself, I don't need any outside help.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

That's why they have the designated survivor right?

[Machiavelli]

That's why they have the designated survivor right?

Yes.