--- title: Trump State of the Union Address 2018: Watch Online for Free description: President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Here's how to watch online for free. canonical: https://time.com/5123161/trump-state-of-the-union-2018-watch-online-free/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-29T18:35:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:31:05.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch President Trump's First State of the Union og:description: It will be on TV and streamed online for free og:url: https://time.com/5123161/trump-state-of-the-union-2018-watch-online-free/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49292c34078b2574/6988f9d0ab6d7759d36b186a/donald-trump-sotu-watch.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch President Trump's First State of the Union twitter:description: It will be on TV and streamed online for free twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49292c34078b2574/6988f9d0ab6d7759d36b186a/donald-trump-sotu-watch.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Is About to Give His First State of the Union Address. Here's How to Watch ## Video: Here Are the Promises President Trump Kept and Broke in His First Year [Watch (HLS stream): Here Are the Promises President Trump Kept and Broke in His First Year](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aVz1krc8.m3u8) (2:11)  _Published 2018-01-20. Donald Trump was elected president after a campaign of bold promises. Voters responded to his sweeping assurances on everything from health care to immigration and his overall pledge to Make America Great Again._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:31 PM UTCPublished: Jan 29, 2018 6:35 PM UTC  US President Donald Trump looks on before delivering a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 26, 2018 in Davos, Switzerland US President Donald Trump looks on before delivering a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 26, 2018 in Davos, SwitzerlandNICHOLAS KAMM—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:31 PM UTCPublished: Jan 29, 2018 6:35 PM UTC President Donald Trump will deliver his [first State of the Union address](http://time.com/5122156/trump-state-of-the-union-preview/) on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Trump is expected to tout the United States’ economic progress after his [first year in the White House](http://time.com/5097122/president-trump-time-year-one-cover/), as well as push legislation on infrastructure and immigration during the speech. He may specifically mention DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants from deportation. Trump’s State of the Union address comes as special counsel [Robert Mueller’s investigation](http://time.com/5120400/robert-mueller-interviews/) into the Trump campaign’s potential ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 election continues. Trump will “talk about how America’s back” during the State of the Union, White House legislative director Marc Short [told](http://time.com/5122156/trump-state-of-the-union-preview/) the Associated Press. “The President is also going to make an appeal to Democrats . . . to say we need to rebuild our country,” Short said. “And to make an appeal that to do infrastructure, we need to do it in a bipartisan way.” Trump’s State of the Union address will begin at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Here’s how to watch his speech with or without cable. ## Watch on TV All major broadcast and cable networks will air President Trump’s State of the Union address. You can watch on cable channels like CNN, Fox News, MSNBC or FOX Business Network. If you use an antenna to get television signals, you can watch on broadcast channels like NBC, ABC and CBS. C-SPAN and PBS will also be airing the State of the Union address. Check each of these networks’ websites for local affiliate stations. ## Stream online Trump’s State of the Union address will be streamed online via a variety of platforms. If you have a cable subscription for any of the networks mentioned above, your digital log-in should allow you to watch the speech online and on streaming devices like the Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Fire TV and more. [C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/video/?439496-1/president-trump-delivers-state-union-address) will also stream the State of the Union address live online, as will the White House and social networks Twitter, [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse/?ref=br%5Frs) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5123161/trump-state-of-the-union-2018-watch-online-free/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5123161/trump-state-of-the-union-2018-watch-online-free/"},"headline":"President Trump Is About to Give His First State of the Union Address. 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