--- title: President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't | TIME description: President Donald Trump touted the ratings from his State of the Union Thursday morning, tweeting that the numbers were record-breaking. But they actually weren’t. canonical: https://time.com/video/LuwFVUXu/ og:title: President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't og:description: President Donald Trump touted the ratings from his State of the Union Thursday morning, tweeting that the numbers were record-breaking. But they actually weren’t. og:url: https://time.com/video/LuwFVUXu/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LuwFVUXu/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't twitter:description: President Donald Trump touted the ratings from his State of the Union Thursday morning, tweeting that the numbers were record-breaking. But they actually weren’t. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LuwFVUXu/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't ## Video: President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't [Watch (HLS stream): President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LuwFVUXu.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2018-02-01. President Donald Trump touted the ratings from his State of the Union Thursday morning, tweeting that the numbers were record-breaking. But they actually weren’t._ --- Jul 27, 2023 11:26 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [](/video/4m6IYvY2/) 02:28 ### Here Are the Facts Behind President Trump's Biggest State of the Union Claims [](/video/u3JkOVSS/) 01:13 ### Trump Touts “Important” State of the Union Address [](/video/1no6UlUz/) 03:02 ### State of the Union's Best Tweets --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"President Trump Said His State of the Union Was the Most Watched in History. It Wasn't","description":"President Donald Trump touted the ratings from his State of the Union Thursday morning, tweeting that the numbers were record-breaking. But they actually weren’t.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LuwFVUXu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-02-01T17:11:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LuwFVUXu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/LuwFVUXu/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/LuwFVUXu/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```