The US president went first, declining to shake the outstretched hand of Ms Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker who launched the impeachment drive against him, as he arrived at the podium to deliver his speech.
Ms Pelosi got her revenge around 75 minutes later, when as Mr Trump stood receiving applause in the room after his finale she picked up a copy of his address and ripped it in two.
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