--- title: State of the Union Ticket Typo Reactions, Memes description: An apparent typo on the tickets for President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address has sent the Internet into an uproar. canonical: https://time.com/5123902/state-of-the-union-tickets-typo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-29T22:19:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:48:17.470Z og:title: The Internet Is Gone Over This Trump State of the Union Typo og:description: Marco Rubio even chimed in on the error on Trump's 2018 SOTU tickets og:url: https://time.com/5123902/state-of-the-union-tickets-typo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e9449b291994059/6988f9ee656a3f8f67bd3554/trump-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 612 og:image:height: 344 og:image:alt: Trump-State-of-the-Union-Typo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Gone Over This Trump State of the Union Typo twitter:description: Marco Rubio even chimed in on the error on Trump's 2018 SOTU tickets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e9449b291994059/6988f9ee656a3f8f67bd3554/trump-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Losing It Over This Typo on Trump's 2018 State of the Union Tickets > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=a2384298-3d16-4602-8566-185ab55cd468&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Trump Touts “Important” State of the Union Address [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Touts “Important” State of the Union Address](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/u3JkOVSS.m3u8) (1:13)  _Published 2018-01-29. Trump Touts “Important” State of the Union Address_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 29, 2018 10:19 PM UTC Trump Touts “Important” State of the Union Address  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 29, 2018 10:19 PM UTC An apparent [typo](http://time.com/4696430/the-worlds-costliest-typos/) on the tickets for [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/5123524/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-script/) 2018 [State of the Union](http://time.com/5123830/state-union-2018-democrats-skipping/) address has sent the Internet into an uproar. After a picture of one of the invites began to make the online rounds on Monday, the State of the “Uniom” error quickly became a viral punchline. “Republicans may have to recall all State of the Union tickets because they say “Uniom” not “Union,” per two Dem aides,” Twitter user [Laura Barrón-López‏](https://twitter.com/lbarronlopez) captioned the photo in a tweet that has been liked more than 5,000 times and retweeted nearly 3,000 as of Monday afternoon. It’s unclear how many affected tickets there were, but they’re reportedly being reprinted and redistributed to members of Congress with the correct spelling, according to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/state-of-the-uniom-ticket-typo/index.html). Of course, that hasn’t stopped the Internet from poking fun at the mistake, with some politicians even chiming in on the snafu. “Looking forward to tomorrow’s State of the Uniom,” [tweeted](https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/958079470774124544) Sen. Marco Rubio, who ran against Trump in the GOP primary. > [](https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/958079470774124544) See a selection of the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/FriesFreedom/status/958071171735437312) > [](https://twitter.com/alixabeth/status/958075384234471426) > [](https://twitter.com/swin24/status/958073127543758850) > [](https://twitter.com/JessicaTaylor/status/958070840398110720) > [](https://twitter.com/wokeluisa/status/958091709178552320) > [](https://twitter.com/Seth%5FMaloney/status/958097118413115394) > [](https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/958073175996280832) The State of the Union will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 9 p.m. ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] Mr. President, how's the speech coming? [00:02] How's the State of the Union coming? I hope it's gonna [00:05] be good, we worked on it hard, covered a lot of [00:07] terretory including our great success with the [00:11] markets and with the tax cut, and it's a big speech, an [00:15] important speech we cover immigration for many [00:18] years, for many many years they've been talking [00:20] immigration they never got anything done We're going [00:22] to get something done, we hope. It's got to be [00:27] bipartisan because the Republicans really don't have [00:28] the votes to get it done in any other way, so it has to [00:30] be bipartisan. But hopefully, the Democrats will join us [00:34] or enough of them will join us so we can really do [00:36] something great for DACA and for immigration, [00:39] generally But it's gonna be I think a very important [00:43] speech on trade. The world has taken advantage of us [00:46] on trade for many years and as you probably notice [00:51] we're stopping this cold and we have to have [00:54] reciprocal trade, i's not a one way deal anymore. So [00:58] we have a lot of things to discuss and we'll be [01:01] discussing them and I hope you enjoy it. And thank you [01:04] all very much. See you tomorrow night. Are you gonna [01:06] bring Senator Schumer down here today? We might. 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