WASHINGTON — For public consumption, President Trump planned to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to appeal for bipartisan unity. But at a private lunch for television anchors earlier in the day he offered searing assessments of a host of Democrats. Mr. Trump dismissed former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as “dumb,” called Senator Chuck Schumer of New York a “nasty son of a bitch” and mocked Gov. The White House declined to comment on the president’s remarks. Energized and blunt, Mr. Trump held little back during the lunch at the White House to preview the State of the Union address.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2019 00:38 UTC