Friday, February 27, 2026

State of the Union Draws 32.6 Million Viewers, Down From 2025

Viewing for the annual address is down about 11 percent year to year.

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President Donald Trump's State of the Union address got significantly low TV ratings, much to Stephen Colbert's delight.[image or embed]

-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) Feb 27, 2026 at 7:58 AM

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If he'd have promised to have a massive,fatal coronary, I would have watched..but he lies so much I wouldn't have believed him, anyway.

#1 | Posted by HeeHaw at 2026-02-26 11:55 PM

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-27 05:08 AM

Nobody other than brain dead cultists want to hear his --------.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-27 06:12 AM

State of the Union has just been pointless blabbering for the most part as long as I can remember. It is however an opportunity for Presidents to get up and tell Americans where we are at and where they think we should be going. With Trump it goes to a new level of (censored) we always know his speeches are a circus act that revolve around him, his ego, those that slighted him in some form and his perceived enemies. I couldn't get past 5 minutes of his drivel so no I didn't watch.

#4 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-02-27 02:36 PM

The world is tired of Donald Trump.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-27 03:38 PM

The only thing that might help Trump's viewership would be 1984-style telescreens or nudity served up by his press secretary...

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2026-02-27 04:55 PM

I didn't watch it. First time I missed one by deliberate choice in as long as I can remember.
I refuse to watch him flagrantly lie while Republicans drool in ecstatic approval.

#7 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-27 05:07 PM

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