# Trump to deliver a primetime address on Thursday, 7/16 at 9pm eastern **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 15, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688 "2026-07-15T17:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/21 "2026-07-16T13:08:12Z")
I was going to make a similar comment! “Here are the full Epstein files. As you can see, I’m implicated in all kind of terrible activities. Thank you for your attention to this matter…\” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/22 "2026-07-16T14:18:04Z")
I’m just picturing the look on Vance’s face after the boom. mmm ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/23 "2026-07-16T14:33:07Z")
If I were better at inserting pictures here, I’m sure there’s a GIF of Homer finding out his rich aunt died, and he’s crying and saying ‘woo-hoo!’ at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/24 "2026-07-16T15:58:55Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@bobot](#): > > > > There are two predictions I will make. > > > > 1. Trump will lie like a bastard. > > > > 2. I will not tune in. > > This. And: > > 1. I will continue to hope against hope that when Trump is SO unhinged and SO desultory, the masses will finally begin to understand that we have a narcissistic loon for a president. > 2. My hopes will be dashed. He will probably be relatively hinged by Trump standards. He can still read and this will just be a teleprompter speech. He saves his most unhinged for when he doesn’t follow a script. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/25 "2026-07-16T16:15:21Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > You’d think covering a Presidential speech live in prime time during the middle of the summer rerun season would give the networks something fresh to run with, The morning news called it a ‘rare’ thing. And prime time addresses from the White House are historically unusual. But this is the 3rd? 4th? one so far this year? He’s on pace to do more in the space of less than a year than most manage across an entire 4 year term ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/26 "2026-07-16T16:18:15Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He saves his most unhinged for when he doesn’t follow a script. He’s famous for going off-script, though. And I am guessing he’s angry about a lot of things right now - in particular, I think he was fantasizing that the 250th anniversary celebrations were going to culminate in a show-stopping, two-hour speech heard live by millions, wildly applauded, and universally acclaimed, followed by mass acknowledgement that he deserves to be president for life. Now, he can blame weather, the Deep State, etc. for the fact that didn’t happen, but I bet he still has a lot of pent-up desire to give the biggliest GOAT of a speech ever. So he’ll go off-script for sure. The only question is, how recklessly and appallingly? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/27 "2026-07-16T16:27:16Z")
GOAT? A little context please. What is a GOAT speech? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/28 "2026-07-16T16:28:46Z")
Sorry, my apologies. It’s such a popular acronym now I forgot my manners. Greatest Of All Time. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/29 "2026-07-16T16:32:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He will probably be relatively hinged by Trump standards. He can still read and this will just be a teleprompter speech. He saves his most unhinged for when he doesn’t follow a script. The written speech he’s supposed to read will be the result of him spitting out stream-of-consciousness thoughts and grievances, having the most unhinged ones ignored, and whatever can be salvaged translated into correct English by speechwriters. How unhinged this will be will depend on how much nonsense he insisted be kept, and of course whether he goes off-script. I won’t be watching but I’ll be interested in reports of how badly he injured himself and the inevitable fact-check, aka “the count of lies”. CNN can usually be relied on for a decent fact-check. Fox News will be reporting on the effusive praise from Republican toadies. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/30 "2026-07-16T16:34:40Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Sorry, my apologies. It’s such a popular acronym now I forgot my manners. > > Greatest Of All Time. No worries, I’ve never heard that. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/31 "2026-07-16T16:35:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Fox News will be reporting on the effusive praise from Republican toadies. We are fortunate that the number 1 toady is no longer around. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/32 "2026-07-16T16:40:45Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Trump is terrified that after the midterms he may face a Congress that will no longer be his lapdog and that he can’t control. Why wouldo he be terrified ? To be afraud of anything politcal\* , he would have to be able to understand that his actions have consequences, which he then has to take responsibility for. But can he think so deeply? He probably doesnt even know how many representatives there are in Congress, or how many votes he needs. He just makes proclaimations, signs executive orders, and assumes that, as king, his will must be carried out. . \*(as opposed to being terrified of physical objects, such as sharks or magnets, or electric motors) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/33 "2026-07-16T16:44:36Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Trump is terrified that after the midterms he may face a Congress that will no longer be his lapdog and that he can’t control. > > Why wouldo he be terrified ? Because I believe even his simple reptilian brain understands in some vague sense that he’s really been pushing (and exceeding) the limits of presidential power, to the point that even the toadies on the Supreme Court have rebuked him, and that an empowered Congress could do a lot to rein him in and even impeach him. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/34 "2026-07-16T16:49:47Z")
Now that 2 GOP senators are dead (well 1 is dead, the other is weekending as Bernies) supposedly he is going to try to get both Georgia senators removed to regain a bigger margin in the senate. I have no idea how the legality works. Luckily the president saying ‘this senator is illegitimate’ doesn’t mean much. I have no idea how a senator is actually removed under false pretenses. People need to go to prison for this. if people don’t go to prison for this, it’ll just keep happening. Biden putting that fucking pussy Garland in charge was one of his biggest mistake. Lots of people needed to rot in prison after Trump’s first term, including Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/35 "2026-07-16T17:04:27Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > 1. I will continue to hope against hope that when Trump is SO unhinged and SO desultory, the masses will finally begin to understand that we have a narcissistic loon for a president. I’d like to see the Senate wake up. They’re the only ones who can do anything. The Cabinet can’t do anything. They know that without trump, they would fade into nothingness like Marty’s siblings. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/36 "2026-07-16T17:50:42Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x8xQLkiOXLQ/hqdefault.jpg "Simpsons - Poor Aunt Hortence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xQLkiOXLQ) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/37 "2026-07-16T18:08:58Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > He saves his most unhinged for when he doesn’t follow a script. > > He’s famous for going off-script, though. And I am guessing he’s angry about a lot of things right now - in particular, I think he was fantasizing that the 250th anniversary celebrations were going to culminate in a show-stopping, two-hour speech heard live by millions, wildly applauded, and universally acclaimed, followed by mass acknowledgement that he deserves to be president for life. > > Now, he can blame weather, the Deep State, etc. for the fact that didn’t happen, but I bet he still has a lot of pent-up desire to give the biggliest GOAT of a speech ever. So he’ll go off-script for sure. The only question is, how recklessly and appallingly? I wouldn’t be completely shocked if he went off script but that’s not what he has done in the past. He has had prepared speeches before and just stuck to the teleprompter. He is much different when it’s just him and a camera. If he was playing to an audience it would be different. I’m expecting him to stick to the script. He’s still gonna say horrific things and made up facts but it will be scripted. Thats my guess anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/38 "2026-07-16T18:13:01Z")
I am unhappy that the only baseball on tonight is the Mets so I’ll have to find something else to occupy my time. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/39 "2026-07-16T18:21:57Z")
Well, you can watch an orange colored loser from New York. Or you could watch the Mets. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688/40 "2026-07-16T18:23:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I am unhappy that the only baseball on tonight is the Mets so I’ll have to find something else to occupy my time.   I’m sure there are lots of good movies to watch. Later on tonight, you can read about what the Orange Menace read from the teleprompter without having to endure the whiny voice. Again, I’m pretty sure that it will be about election restrictions that somehow, in support of “free and fair elections”, will make it harder for Democrats and Blacks to vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-deliver-a-primetime-address-on-thursday-7-16-at-9pm-eastern/1031688.md?page=3)