President Trump Tweets About His High SOTU Ratings, But It’s Not Quite Right…
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February 1, 2018The ratings are in! You know President Trump is allllllll about ratings.
President Trump’s first official State of the Union address drew in 45.6 million people. That’s a whole lot of people. Of course, Trump tweeted about it, but it looks like he took it waaaaaaaaay too far.
Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2018
Ehhhhhh. Actually, Bill Clinton’s first SOTU pulled in 45.8 million viewers, Obama pulled in 48 million during his first official SOTU address in 2010, and about 52 million tuned in to George W. Bush’s SOTU speech in 2002. Oh. And Trump pulled in 47.7 million during his speech before a joint session of Congress last year.
Fewer viewers than the first SOTU’s for Obama in 2010, Bush in 2002, Clinton in 1994.
“Which means Trump’s initial SOTU, the third longest in history, is now also the least watched address in nearly a quarter of a century.”https://t.co/rZUpNhzJF0 https://t.co/VUPGtj6Z5i
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 1, 2018
About 46 million Americans watched Pres. Trump's first State of the Union, according to Nielsen ratings data, slightly down from his joint address to Congress last winter and slightly lower than the comparable SOTU speech delivered by Pres. Obama in 2010 https://t.co/1aEPbVoFzz pic.twitter.com/BH8iFn9mp0
— CNN (@CNN) January 31, 2018
Bush: 52 million; Obama, 48; Clinton, 46. https://t.co/DoZwOzJnX7 https://t.co/Hm7s8V4MQ8
— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) February 1, 2018
It wasn’t the highest number in history.
More people watched Obama’s first State of the Union, per Variety https://t.co/wtpvGZlyGu https://t.co/OHh3x43RAD
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 1, 2018
Here's the 🤔 thing: The ratings Trump cited were exactly right. "45.6 million people watched." And a record for Fox. But then he went too far with it https://t.co/ZLFzVlvhEb
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 1, 2018
Maybe he meant it’s a record when you include online streaming? After all, the 45.6 million doesn’t include that. I don’t know. I wish he wouldn’t say these things without checking. It’s really annoying. If he didn’t make a point to show he cares about ratings, NO ONE ELSE WOULD CARE. Ugh. So frustrating.
He was right about Fox News though. It beat out all the other networks with 11.5 million viewers.
Even if he didn’t smash a record, think of it this way. The Grammys hit rock bottom, drawing in 19.8 million. He DEFINITELY beat them. That cause for celebration, I guess.
h/t Deadline
