Petty Pelosi?

I'm not sure if this is worth posting about, but for what it's worth:

State of the Union

Let's run through the State of the Union (SOTU) addresses in reverse chronological order. We'll be looking for two simple things: (1) if the president and the speaker of the House shook hands and (2) if there was a traditional introduction for the president by the speaker (i.e. "Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States").

I've hyperlinked each of the SOTUs so people can see for themselves what happened at each one. The SOTUs are also time-stamped to start at the point where people can see the handshaking as well as hear the introduction.

• At the 2020 SOTU, Trump didn't shake hands with Pelosi. Next Pelosi gave an abbreviated introduction for Trump. And at the end of the speech, Pelosi tore up her copy of the SOTU.

• At the 2019 SOTU, Trump and Pelosi did shake hands, but she didn't introduce him at all.

• At the 2018 SOTU, Paul Ryan was the speaker of the House. He did shake hands with Trump. However, Ryan introduced Trump to Congress before they shook hands.

• Trump didn't deliver a SOTU address in 2017. No president has done so at the beginning of their presidency. They wait until one year has passed to deliver their first SOTU. Instead, like his predecessors, Trump delivered an address to "a joint session of Congress" in 2017. Ryan was the speaker of the House. He shook hands with Trump, then he introduced Trump.

• At the 2016 SOTU, Obama was president, while Ryan was the speaker of the House. Obama didn't shake hands with Ryan. Ryan gave the traditional introduction.

• At the 2015 SOTU, John Boehner was the speaker of the House. Obama shook hands with him. Boehner gave the traditional introduction.

• At the 2014 SOTU, Boehner and Obama shook hands. Boehner gave the traditional introduction.

  I'll stop here.

In summary

• 2020. Trump & Pelosi. No handshaking. Yes introduction, but abbreviated. Pelosi tore up SOTU.
• 2019. Trump & Pelosi. Yes handshaking. No introduction.
• 2018. Trump & Ryan. Yes handshaking. Yes introduction, but introduction before handshaking.
• 2017. Trump & Ryan. Yes handshaking. Yes introduction.
• 2016. Obama & Ryan. No handshaking. Yes introduction.
• 2015. Obama & Boehner. Yes handshaking. Yes introduction.
• 2014. Obama & Boehner. Yes handshaking. Yes introduction.

Some questions

• If Pelosi felt slighted by Trump not shaking her hand in 2020, then wasn't her abbreviated introduction sufficient recompense? Why also tear up the SOTU?
• Why didn't Pelosi introduce Trump in 2019? Was it an oversight on Pelosi's part or an intentional slight? She had plenty of time during the applause to introduce Trump. If an introduction is important enough, then it should be important enough to interrupt the applause.
• Given what happened in 2018, it's possible Trump could have intended to shake Pelosi's hand after her introduction in 2020, but Trump felt slighted by Pelosi's abbreviated introduction, in which case it would've been Pelosi who first slighted Trump.
• Why didn't the media criticize Obama for not shaking hands with Ryan in 2016? Did Obama feel slighted by Ryan not shaking hands with him? If not, then presumably handshaking isn't as all-important as the media today is making it out to be.