CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Kasie Hunt signaled that President Donald Trump could go off script — and express his frustration — during his highly anticipated State of the Union address Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.
Trump was expected to give a lengthy speech amid growing concerns among Americans over his priorities and mounting dissatisfaction with his first year in office ahead of the midterm elections. Trump has also been dealt a major blow after the Supreme Court last week struck down his tariffs, something he has continued to show growing anger over.
"Right in front, right in front, the Supreme Court justices. And he is furious at six of them especially the two who voted against him on tariffs, whom he appointed to the bench. And I think one of the questions is, is he going to be able to contain his anger?" Tapper asked.
Hunt described how Trump will have to face off with conservative justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.
"And if there's an unscripted moment to keep your eye on, it's that I remember I've been in State of the Unions past, and I have watched you can see if you're sitting up in the balcony they are right in front of the president, and they can actually almost talk to each other," Hunt explained. "They can see how their mouths are moving. You can understand the reaction that the justices are having and it is entirely possible, you know, most of them practice being stone faced but it doesn't always happen that way."