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What Pelosi Did At The SOTU

Trump’s speech required a strong response: I drew it

Liza Donnelly
4 min readFeb 5, 2020

President Trump delivered his State of the Union Speech last night, and I did a few drawings. It may be reported as his best delivered SOTU speech — no tripping over words, and he seems to finally feel comfortable with a teleprompter. He moved back and forth, tilting his head upwards and looking down. He is not an easy man to draw, believe it or not. He has no strong features, no chisled chin and his nose is fairly ordinary. His hair, of course, is his most distinctive feature. It has gone from orange to a yellow of sorts. His face still orangish. He eminates an arrogance and displeasure, mixed in with a boastful pride and condescending tone.

The evening began before Trump walked in, with Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence standing next to each other not talking. Awkward.

My favorite part of all is when this guy announces the President. This year, it had a gloomy feeling to it, as you could see Trump looming in the background. He was in the dark, actually — but my skills at drawing for mood like that are not so great. You can get the idea of looming here, I hope (That poor woman, who is she?).

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