How Nancy Pelosi beat Donald Trump at his own game (and why it matters)

There’s simply no other way to interpret this tweet sent at 11:12 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday night:

In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe!“As the Shutdown was going on, Nancy Pelosi asked me to give the State of the Union Address. I agreed. She then changed her mind because of the Shutdown, suggesting a later date. This is her prerogative – I will do the Address when the Shutdown is over.”That concession came after a day in which Trump tried to force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hand, sending her a letter in which he insisted he planned to deliver his State of the Union speech from the House floor — and dared her to say “no.”Which, of course, she promptly did.That stunned the White House, according to CNN’s reporting. Wrote CNN’s White House team:“White House officials had believed Pelosi wanted only to postpone Trump’s State of the Union for political reasons after she sent a letter to him last week asking him to delay the address until after the partial government shutdown ended.”