Trump Humiliated as Americans Bail on His Big Moment

Fewer Americans watched the State of the Union this year, even though President Donald Trump gave the longest speech in history. Preliminary data released Wednesday by Nielsen showed an estimated 12 percent drop in total viewership of the State of the Union Address across the seven most-watched networks: ABC, CBS, CNN, MS Now, NBC, Fox News and the Fox broadcast network. Trump’s 108-minute speech dropped from an audience of 31.45 million viewers to a joint session of Congress last year to 27.8 million viewers.