Trump insists on delivering State of the Union from the House chamber during shutdown

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi stating that he will go ahead with his State of the Union address to Congress.

US President Donald Trump insisted in a letter on Wednesday that he would go ahead with the State of the Union address in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, telling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that security during the partial government shutdown was not a concern.

Mr Trump said in the letter that he would be "honouring" the Speaker's original invitation, "and fulfilling my Constitutional duty" on January 29 in the Chamber of the House of Representatives