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18. The reason he's been saying it will be "very long".

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:27 AM

Feb 24

He knows he'll be hopped up on some of the best drugs/uppers available otherwise he'd nod off while leaning over the podium.

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Trump's dementia will be on full display tonight, and the MSM [View all] edhopper Feb 24 OP

100% dalton99a Feb 24 #1

Headline: NCDem47 Feb 24 #2

There is a betting line on those and more. BidenRocks Feb 24 #57

I'd like to say you're wrong. FoxNewsSucks Feb 24 #3

No doubt on this. OLDMDDEM Feb 24 #4

Good that it will be a "long" speech according to Trump Jersey Devil Feb 24 #5

You can bet popsdenver Feb 24 #36

Please don't compare the brilliance of James Joyce... Betty Boom Feb 25 #63

Meanwhile the republicans and the other Magas slightlv Feb 24 #55

And more opportunities for his teleprompter Grammy23 Feb 24 #56

I hope his speech goes big and beautiful. chouchou Feb 24 #6

Nice try - but not enough capitialzations and mispellings. Conjuay Feb 24 #25

Hah, he never speaks in full complete sentences FakeNoose Feb 24 #33

Oh, he's gotten wose. A lot worse. ShazzieB Feb 24 #45

and he even outdoes Bush popsdenver Feb 24 #54

Oh yeah, he makes Bush sound like Einstein by comoarison! ShazzieB Feb 24 #61

What else does he have to talk about it that is going good in this country? debm55 Feb 24 #7

Everything will be great in two weeks. Harker Feb 24 #22

I knew a building contractor who did that. calimary Feb 24 #46

no...they won't ignore it... agingdem Feb 24 #8

Will Jake Tapper write a new book? Or not? Ocelot II Feb 24 #9

No MustLoveBeagles Feb 24 #27

His drug cocktail will make him appear normal leftstreet Feb 24 #10

Probably, but I'll bet getting the mix right for him is getting trickier & trickier & the results less predictable. CrispyQ Feb 24 #13

Well THAT would be cool leftstreet Feb 24 #14

I bet the drug cocktail to get him to semi-normal Farmer-Rick Feb 24 #19

The reason he's been saying it will be "very long". llmart Feb 24 #18

Normal for him Johonny Feb 24 #30

What are they using on him, though, that produces even a temporary impression Ocelot II Feb 24 #43

That's why part of it is "acting" leftstreet Feb 24 #44

Some of his bad behavior in the past was for attention, although I think most of it was just cuz he's a prick, but now? CrispyQ Feb 24 #48

I don't think he will do that edhopper Feb 24 #49

Well they Rebl2 Feb 24 #11

Count on the TV media to repackage all his lies and try and make them make sense and regurgitate them Walleye Feb 24 #12

Sanewashing has become an art with the corporate media. Dr. T Feb 24 #35

He'll just sway to shitty music for 45 minutes Blue Owl Feb 24 #15

Yep! Jrsygrl96 Feb 24 #16

I'm not sure Lawrence O'Donnell will ignore it Grim Chieftain Feb 24 #17

Lawrence is a notable exception MustLoveBeagles Feb 24 #28

Yup! He's the only one tonight who noted that Trump said he wants to replace the federal income tax with tariffs. SunSeeker Feb 25 #64

Agreed -- however --- AverageOldGuy Feb 24 #20

Maybe "millions" will tune in, MLWR Feb 24 #29

I can only imagine popsdenver Feb 24 #53

I won't be watching. Want him to get the lowest ratings ever for a SOTU. ChicagoTeamster Feb 24 #21

I'll be watching one of the alternative SOTU events. YodaMom2 Feb 24 #23

If Trump began screaming and throwing things at the seated SC justices, corporate media would call it a "rebuke," sop Feb 24 #24

Ihope there are "reaction" shots: looks on audience faces when he LIES! CTyankee Feb 24 #26

He'll read a script someone else wrote off of a teleprompter. Demobrat Feb 24 #31

The crises are mounting bucolic_frolic Feb 24 #32

Maybe Joe Biden Dave Id Feb 24 #34

It's supposed to be a long speech so he's basically filibustering underpants Feb 24 #37

But they won't be able to hide it. Expect lots of clips. Joinfortmill Feb 24 #38

His staffers will not be at his side to shoo everyone out of the House chamber when he starts decompensating. NT mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 #39

MS NOW will rip him to shreds. Rachel and Lawrence will be on the panel. OGBuzz Feb 24 #40

Yes they will, but it will be saved on the streaming and social media sites. I don't ever listen to his actual speeches LiberalArkie Feb 24 #41

Disagree. He'll read the teleprompter after nice big snorts of Go-Go Powder Special SOTU formula. betsuni Feb 24 #42

Yes. Exactly. All he has to do is read the words in front of him Demobrat Feb 24 #50

What is Krasnov worried about??? ultralite001 Feb 24 #47

I wonder... Omnipresent Feb 24 #51

Jake Tapper should be in the front row lame54 Feb 24 #52

You already know. MaeScott Feb 24 #58

I'm not a gambling man JPPaverage Feb 24 #59

MS Now won't ignore it radical noodle Feb 24 #60

Foreign media will report on the SOTU thing. Aussie105 Feb 24 #62