{"id":2410593,"date":"2025-03-06T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-address-to-congress-outpaced-bidens-final-state-of-the-union-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:47:48","slug":"trumps-address-to-congress-outpaced-bidens-final-state-of-the-union-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-address-to-congress-outpaced-bidens-final-state-of-the-union-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s address to Congress outpaced Biden\u2019s final State of the Union speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-address-to-congress-outpaced-bidens-final-state-of-the-union-speech-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent address to Congress reportedly outperformed Joe Biden&#8217;s final State of the\u2063 Union speech in\u2062 terms of viewership, attracting 36.6 million viewers compared to Biden&#8217;s 32.2 million. Trump&#8217;s address occurred early in his administration and highlighted his early achievements, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-poll-finds-hispanic-voters-fleeing-the-democratic-party\/\" title=\"Another Poll Finds Hispanic Voters Fleeing The Democratic Party\">reducing illegal immigration<\/a> and\u200b promoting tariff policies.\u2063 The speech was especially popular among younger viewers,\u2063 with Fox News leading the ratings at 10.7 million viewers for its \u2063broadcast. The event also garnered notable online engagement, with \u200b3.1 million views on YouTube and additional views on \u2062alternative\u2062 platforms like Rumble. Despite the high numbers, viewership was lower than \u200dsome of Trump&#8217;s earlier speeches, such as his inaugural\u200b address in 2017, which had 47.7\u200c million viewers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s address to Congress outpaced Biden&rsquo;s final State of the Union speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2030308\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s address to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> gained more viewers than his predecessor&rsquo;s final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State of the Union<\/a> speech, according to Nielsen.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 36.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-watching-olympics-tv-viewers-drop-to-33-year-low\/\" title=\"Is Anyone Watching? Olympics TV ... Drop To 33-Year Low\">6 million people tuned<\/a> into Trump&rsquo;s speech on Tuesday night, putting it ahead of the 32.2 million people who watched former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s speech last year. Trump&rsquo;s speech came weeks into the new administration, with the president touting his accomplishments during his address to Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339757\/trump-cabinet-meeting-musk-instruct-agency-leaders-work-doge\/\">Trump convenes Cabinet meeting with Musk to instruct agency leaders to work with DOGE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339358\/trump-officials-president-ending-wars-chinese-embassy-warning\/\">Chinese Embassy &#8216;war&#8217; warning spurs strong Trump administration defense of tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3339484\/trump-gives-mexico-reprieve-tariffs-not-canada-trudeau\/\">Trump gives Mexico a reprieve on tariffs but has different message for Canada&#8217;s Trudeau<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Bret Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For those watching on television, Fox News won the night with 10.7 million viewers. ABC News was a distant second with 6.3 million, and CBS News came in third with 4 million. Both CNN and MSNBC failed to crack 2 million viewers with this speech, getting roughly 1.9 million each.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people between the ages of 25 through 54 also tuned in to hear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s remarks, with Fox News drawing the most with 1.9 million viewers in this age demographic. Like with all viewers, ABC News came in second with this demographic, though it was much closer to first place thanks to 1.7 million younger viewers tuning in.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s speech also drew in a large chunk of viewers on streaming, with his speech getting 3.1 million views on YouTube, where it is still the #1 trending video as of Thursday afternoon. Rumble, an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alternative video streaming platform<\/a> to YouTube, <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v6q4sv6-president-trump-addresses-joint-session-of-congress-march-4-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">also saw his speech get 739,000 views<\/a>, while the White House&rsquo;s livestream of the speech <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1897105699085410663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on X received 327,000 views<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XkFKNkAEzQ8?si=rJ6vub61fMaH3a2s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3339214\/white-house-rips-choose-your-fighter-video-aoc-crockett-cringe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHITE HOUSE RIPS &lsquo;CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER&rsquo; VIDEO FEATURING AOC AND CROCKETT AS &lsquo;CRINGE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the speech drew in millions, the viewership is not nearly as high as some of Trump&rsquo;s previous speeches. His first address to Congress in 2017, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-speech-tv-ratings-nilesen-a1fc6b0cc0e7374b2bc214435c74b8b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">drew 47.7 million viewers<\/a>, while his 2020 State of the Union speech, the last one of his first presidency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-state-union-ratings-lowest-1485922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">received 37.2 viewers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s address was largely about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-the-cop-makes-a-comeback-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala the Cop&#039; makes a comeback - Washington Examiner\">president promoting<\/a> his accomplishments within the first few weeks of his presidency, which included lowering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal immigration<\/a>, defending his use of tariffs, and continuing to work with Ukraine to achieve peace. He also took a moment to blame his presidential predecessor for the spike in egg prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2030308\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2030308\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Congress address surpassed Biden&#8217;s final State of the Union in viewership, attracting 36.6 million compared to Biden&#8217;s 32.2 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2410594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-address-to-Congress-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,4402,51662,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2410593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-congress","tag-state-of-the-union","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Trump-address-to-Congress-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410597,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410593\/revisions\/2410597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}