# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:23am 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/1025766/161 "2025-12-18T02:23:29Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > he mentioned Venezuela yet? Not a word, so I expect the bombing to start any minute now. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:23am 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/1025766/162 "2025-12-18T02:23:46Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Utter waste of time. Not for him. “EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME!!!” ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:23am 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/1025766/163 "2025-12-18T02:23:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Knowing him it’ll be some grandstanding bullshit of little consequence that he’s doing because he craves attention. I guess I should have stuck with my gut instinct. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:24am 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/1025766/164 "2025-12-18T02:24:01Z")
At 25 minutes?? Not with this guy. We need an update on the vipers of Peru. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:24am 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/1025766/165 "2025-12-18T02:24:03Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Is it over Yes. Thankfully ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:25am 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/1025766/166 "2025-12-18T02:25:09Z")
Anyone want to check how FAUX News is rating it? ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:26am 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/1025766/167 "2025-12-18T02:26:00Z")
From what I’m reading on here, it sounds like Trump decided to hold his Airing of Grievances six days early and force us all to watch (but not able to participate back). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:26am 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/1025766/168 "2025-12-18T02:26:03Z")
My thanks go to those who took one for the team, watched it, and reported here. I couldn’t bring myself to watch, so I appreciate you folks keeping us up to date. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:29am 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/1025766/169 "2025-12-18T02:29:40Z")
So what I gathered was that he didn’t announce a single thing, he just ranted about random crap for a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:33am 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/1025766/170 "2025-12-18T02:33:48Z")
One new item is that everyone in the military will get a $1776 bonus. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:34am 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/1025766/171 "2025-12-18T02:34:16Z")
Even Venezuelans are asking themselves “WTF?” ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:37am 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/1025766/172 "2025-12-18T02:37:20Z")
> [@whitetho](#): > > One new item is that everyone in the military will get a $1776 bonus Somehow I doubt that’s in the NDAA Congress just passed. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:37am 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/1025766/173 "2025-12-18T02:37:31Z")
Ok, full disclosure, I didn’t watch, but judging from what I’m hearing about the very special national address, here we have a man who has sanity in a headlock. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:40am 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/1025766/174 "2025-12-18T02:40:42Z")
Pretty much. Airing of grievances plus self-aggrandizement. Everything was the worst ever a year ago, now it’s the best ever. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:04am 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/1025766/175 "2025-12-18T03:04:11Z")
From the Washington Post.. > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump delivered a sharply political televised speech Wednesday evening focused heavily on the economy, an effort to reverse declining public opinion numbers and the view even among some supporters that he has not lived up to key campaign promises… > > The speech, shorter than Trump’s traditional hour-plus events and delivered with a rapid cadence, was full of false statements. Trump focused on defending his economic record, touting his use of tariffs and blaming his predecessor for rising prices… > > Trump said “100 percent” of new jobs in his second administration have gone to U.S.-born workers. Economists say that is not true… > > President Donald Trump said that more than 1.4 million military service members would receive $1,776 payments from the government. > > He called the payments a “Warrior Dividend” and said the amount was in honor of the year the country was founded. > > It’s unclear how the checks would be funded or if congressional approval will be necessary. (Legally, it should be.)… > > He claimed the “invasion” at the border under the Biden administration drove housing costs up and made it so that there aren’t enough homes to go around. He said immigrants are filling “taxpayer-funded housing.” Without explanation or evidence, he said 60 percent of growth in the rental market came from migrants. > > That rhetoric stands in stark contrast to the widespread belief among economists and housing experts that the country has a supply issue — in other words, not enough homes to meet demand… > > President Donald Trump claimed that he has secured investments of $18 trillion in the United States. That’s nearly double the $9.6 trillion figure that the White House [lists](https://www.whitehouse.gov/investments/) on its website, which contains some investments that predate Trump’s presidency… > > Trump said that “for the first time in years, wages are rising much faster than inflation.” > > That’s incorrect… > > Trump’s script is similar to his standard rally stump speech, but he’s speaking much quicker than usual. The networks gave him a limited amount of time in prime time tonight… > > Trump opened his remarks claiming he “inherited a mess” and spoke directly about affordability. And then he pivoted away. > > Trump made clear misstatements about inflation during the Biden administration and after his return to the White House, then quickly changed the subject, talking about immigration and transgender rights… > **[Live updates: In address to nation, Trump touts tariffs and immigration...](https://apple.news/AETGfw7j8SlWfr8QDANWgPg)** > > The president is expected to tout his economic accomplishments during his first year back in office. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:25am 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/1025766/176 "2025-12-18T03:25:27Z")
I would have figured he would do something like declare war on Venezuela. CBS literally cut into the _Survivor_ finale for this. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:30am 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/1025766/177 "2025-12-18T03:30:43Z")
I just wish the mainstream media would come out and say the word **LIE.** Over and over. Ever since he was elected the first time, it has been a festival of euphemisms. Every synonym in the thesaurus under that three-letter word that says it all. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:41am 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/1025766/178 "2025-12-18T03:41:06Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > CBS literally cut into the _Survivor_ finale for this. Someone on MSNOW (that looks weird) said that the networks must be pretty pissed off about the “speech” because they usually only allow the President to interrupt their schedules for newsworthy announcements and were probably under the impression it would be something like invading Venezuela. Jen Psaki (Obama’s press secretary) said he was once denied access for something he wanted to do that wasn’t deemed sufficiently important enough. But I don’t imagine they will complain to this administration. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:54am 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/1025766/179 "2025-12-18T03:54:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I just wish the mainstream media would come out and say the word **LIE.** Over and over. I read the word baseless with great frequency. That word means to me it’s a complete lie. Sure, the word lie is more emotional. The problem isn’t which word mainstream media uses, but that swing voters no longer trust mainstream media. Their getting more emotional will only reduce their credibility. What I do find disturbing is that the three traditional networks all broadcast the presidential address, something they stopped doing routinely in the Obama administration. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:58am 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/1025766/180 "2025-12-18T03:58:38Z")
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