State of the Union Predictions
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Lair on WNYC, and we have 10 minutes left in the show. |
| 0:12.8 | We're going to use it for a short call in on the question, |
| 0:15.8 | will you watch President Trump's State of the Union address tonight? |
| 0:19.0 | And if so, what will you be watching for? |
| 0:21.7 | 212-433 W-N-YC. |
| 0:25.2 | Will you watch the State of the Union address tonight? |
| 0:28.7 | Some of you may say yes, some of you may call in and say no. |
| 0:31.8 | And if so, what will you be watching for? |
| 0:35.1 | 212-433 W-NYC, call or text, 212-433 WNYC call or text? |
| 0:39.3 | 212-433-9692. |
| 0:43.3 | Maybe in our area where most people did not vote for Trump for president, this might be a close call for some of you. |
| 0:50.3 | So if you do not support President Trump, will you watch the State of the Union |
| 0:55.4 | tonight? And if so, what will you be watching for? I heard from one Trump critic the other day |
| 1:02.2 | off the air who said to me, he will not be watching just because he can't stand to hear the guy talk. |
| 1:07.3 | I heard from another who seemed more calculating. He doesn't want Trump to be able to |
| 1:11.6 | boast of any bigger ratings than absolutely necessary for the state of the union. So this person |
| 1:19.1 | isn't going to allow himself to be counted as having watched because Trump might use just, |
| 1:25.1 | you know, the number to his credit. So what about you? If you won't be |
| 1:28.5 | watching tonight, why not? But also, if you will be watching, supporter or not, why make that |
| 1:35.9 | choice? Will you be hate watching? If you're a person who think he's awful, will you be watching |
| 1:41.0 | it as rage bait? If you're a supporter to see how snarkily he tries to own |
| 1:46.0 | the libs? I wonder how much anyone will be watching for policy, like to see what he'll say he's |
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