President Donald Trump again keyed in on crowd size, this time claiming that the 45.6 million who watched the State of the Union address was the “highest number in history.”
It’s not.
President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union in 2010 drew 48 million viewers, and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush also garnered larger audiences for their first SOTU addresses. The audience for Trump’s State of the Union also didn’t match his first speech before a joint session of Congress, which was 47.7 million.
“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!” Trump wrote.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-not-record-1202683968/
It’s not.
President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union in 2010 drew 48 million viewers, and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush also garnered larger audiences for their first SOTU addresses. The audience for Trump’s State of the Union also didn’t match his first speech before a joint session of Congress, which was 47.7 million.
“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!” Trump wrote.
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-not-record-1202683968/