# Donald Trump says he is going to give an address on prime time tv on December 17, 2025. Are you going to watch to see what he says? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 16, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766 "2025-12-16T21:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/261 "2025-12-19T23:45:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > There were reporters in the room when it took place. Were there? They found two right-wingers to say they were in the room and that it was live. In this regime, that doesn’t rise to the level of ‘credible.’ He’s getting all kinds of credit for being able to speak at twice his usual rate for 18 minutes. They’re not going to want to give that up those positive reviews of his fitness/stamina. > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I’m also glad he didn’t announce an invasion of Venezuela. Yes, that was a relief, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/262 "2025-12-20T00:03:56Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Were there? They found two right-wingers to say they were in the room and that it was live. In this regime, that doesn’t rise to the level of ‘credible.’ The sources are the White House correspondent for the Independent and a Politico writer. I see no reason to believe they’re involved in a conspiracy to trick the world into thinking a pre-recorded speech was broadcast live, when Trump appears on live TV multiple times a week. He does enough real stuff that’s terrible - we don’t need to imagine conspiracies where there’s no there there. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/263 "2025-12-20T05:07:33Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > They found two right-wingers to say they were in the room and that it was live. In this regime, that doesn’t rise to the level of ‘credible.’ Do you care to back that up with, oh, I don’t know - **an actual cite?** From what I can find neither of these reporters are “right-wingers”. I can’t find anything to put Laura Rozen definitively in either column. But Andrew Feinberg is well known for his clashes with Kellyanne Conway in the first Trump term. His reporting was also cited by Democrats during the 2nd impeachment trial of DJT. Again, cites or those claims aren’t accurate. This was a live speech or the media would be screaming about it. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/264 "2025-12-20T10:17:32Z")
He was supposed to be in the city where I work yesterday for some kind of rally…doors opened at 6 PM, and I think he was supposed to speak at 9? I wasn’t really paying attention. If the times were correct, I wonder how long he was able to stay up there. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/265 "2025-12-21T03:48:40Z")
NPR covered it, sort of. [https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5648862/trump-visit-north-carolina-congress-midterms-economy](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/19/nx-s1-5648862/trump-visit-north-carolina-congress-midterms-economy) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766/266 "2025-12-21T07:04:21Z")
Has there been any polling after the speech to see if it affected Trump’s popularity? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-says-he-is-going-to-give-an-address-on-prime-time-tv-on-december-17-2025-are-you-going-to-watch-to-see-what-he-says/1025766.md?page=13)