US Shutdown: Donald Trump's speech postponed

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US President Donald Trump will not be able to deliver his yearly State of the Union (SOTU) speech.

It's after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - who is the third most powerful person in America after the President and Vice President - told him that government services should fully reopen first.

The government shutdown has become the longest in US history at 34 days and counting. It's left 800,000 federal staff without pay since 22 December.

The shutdown has happened because of an argument between America's two political parties The Democrats and Republicans.

Republican President Trump wants 拢4.4bn to build a wall on the US-Mexico border but the Democrats disagree about giving him the money.

Mr Trump previously said that the speech should be "on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location".

But because of the shutdown and the lack of government staff, the speech will not happen on the day that Mr Trump wants it to.

Mr Trump has said that he looks forward to giving a "great" State of the Union Address in the near future.