Donald Trump dealt another humiliating blow as Kennedy Center speech is the least-watched in history

[u/IrishStarUS]

https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/donald-trump-low-ratings-cbs-36457791

[u/JK_NC]

Does it matter? This buffoon is just going to say something like “It was the most watched speech in the history of speeches. Many people are saying it was better than Gettysburg. “ and the idiots are going to believe it.

I can’t wait for the grown ups to be back in charge.

[u/Omophorus → u/JK_NC]

It does matter to an extent.

He can say whatever he wants, and he's surely going to.

The idiots had an opportunity to tune in and watch him, but couldn't actually be bothered to do it.

CBS has become his complete patsy and they already edited his monologue from 12 minutes to 2 for what went to air because they knew the full ramble wasn't going to keep eyeballs.

The media has been tame and complicit because he brought in ratings and because his agenda has been aligned with their new billionaire owners' ideas on how to line their own pockets.

He's not drawing eyeballs and his policies aren't working for anyone.

I'm not naive enough to think there's going to be any sort of pivot, but the amount of free, sanewashed air time he gets is directly related to how profitable that airtime is for the networks.

In the short run, the less he's on TV, the better. It won't deprogram the cultists, but it's still an indication that his brand is losing its shine. There isn't an obvious populist demagogue in the wings waiting to take over for him and keep driving the wannabe-oligarchs' agenda.

Things are in a shitty place and still likely to get worse in the short term and the long term, but the more the dumpster fire self-sabotages, the more likely it is for a window to open to make corrections in a direction that benefit more Americans.

[u/mcloofus → u/Omophorus]

Agree. I haven't gotten anywhere close to optimism yet, but I'm the closest to believing that we may survive this than I've been in a very long time, for all the reasons you've stated.

[u/Toidal → u/mcloofus]

They're doing their damnedest to shore up Vance/Kirk as the next big thing. Though it sounds like Nicki Minaj and Russell Brand are throwing a wrench into things.

[u/mcloofus → u/Toidal]

Exactly. They're trying to create something that doesn't already exist.

Probably telling that the most consequential Republicans of the last 50 years were stars on the screen before entering politics. Charisma is so critical to how all this works.

[u/Lazer726 → u/mcloofus]

They're trying to find someone that gets as much love as Trump, for some god forsaken reason, does. And that person just doesn't exist. Trump going down is going to be like how every death of a mob boss is described, where everyone makes a mad grab for power in the vacuum. But no one is going to manage it, and at that point, we're far more likely to have people come out and talk about how awful he was as a person and leader to attempt to distance themselves from the inevitable fallout.

Now we just have to hope that natural causes hurry the fuck up.

[u/jupiterkansas → u/mcloofus]

They don't have policies to sell people on. They just hateful personalities.

[u/grrgrrtigergrr → u/mcloofus]

Also W was part of a legacy and was the part owner of a MLB team

[u/Dangerous-Bug7475 → u/Toidal]

Gonna need a shovel to get Kirk.

[u/RussTea_tv → u/Toidal]

They're doing their damnedest to shore up Vance/Kirk as the next big thing.

Which I love this for them. Vance is so incredibly unpopular that he couldnt even talk to a fucking rock. Even die hard MAGAs are iffy on Vance - he doesnt have the cult of personality needed.

And the Erika thing is so funny, you have a brand that is built on not liking women telling them what to do. Her viewership on metrics that arent controlled by TurningPoint clearly show how much viewership she is losing.

So really, you got Peter Thiels skin suit and someones whose only claim to fame is that her husband was killed.

Trump is an idiot, but he had his name everywhere and in gold. Morons love that shit, they think thats the coolest thing ever.

[u/Abject_Following_814 → u/mcloofus]

You folks are more optimistic than I would dare to be. I think it's underestimating their craven ability they've demonstrated time and time again, that there is no bottom. They will rally around whoever the oligarchs pick to use their propaganda networks as their platform.

Everyone acts like Trump has some kind of Midas touch and it's not him, it never has been. It's the network of propaganda that holds him up. From Facebook to X to Bezos to Rupert Murdoch's army of flying monkeys to major TV networks kissing the ring like CBS. They are the ones who control the narrative. Take out Trump and it's all still there. They will likely put in someone far worse and posts like the one I responded to will be at a loss to how they didn't see it coming.

[u/Khiva → u/Abject_Following_814]

Disagree. People who aren’t in on a con see con men as clowns or charlatans. But the effective con artists know their audience, and you ain’t it.

Everyone understimates the political strength of this guy, because they see the con. But he is genuinely a generational talent - a con man bred perfectly for the age of informational silos, sound bites, both sides media and the outrage economy. His ability to read a crowd and feed it red meat with a brazen disregard for the consequences is unprecedented.

People underestimate his charisma because to them he has negative charisma.

But that underestimates how many people barely pay attention, and underestimates how many people are very, very stupid.

Which is very, very dangerous.

[u/Different_East7854 → u/Khiva]

What's most dangerous about the current state of things, is all in the soft power realm.

We are seriously setting up the economy for failure long term. (I know it looks great when "stock go up" but economics is a bit more complex.)

We are losing all of our soft power overseas. This is really, even more than military, where all of our influence has come for generations.

We are losing human capital (mass deportations of a huge working population)

We are creating an oligarchy (yay Russian system!)

"But that underestimates how many people barely pay attention, and underestimates how many people are very, very stupid." This is correct.

[u/Jaxyl → u/Khiva]

The other side of this is that their entire machine falls apart without him, as has been shown time and time again since 2016. He IS the Republican party now and when he isn't there they get zero support. The modern day Republican voter isn't a party voter, they're a Trump voter; specifically Donald Trump.

When anyone else goes up to bat they destroy them instantly because Trump built his entire empire off of his insane charisma and distrust in Washington so it's no surprise that the wet blankets that make up most of Washington can't fill his charismatic shoes and that's before we start tackling the level of distrust from voter to politician.

[u/CyberRax → u/Jaxyl]

While you're 100% correct regarding the voting, I kind of doubt that Trump's name will lose all it's power once his gone. And conservatives know this. They'll ensure that the next frontman will use "TRUMP!" as his battlecry and enough voters will follow. Maybe begrudgingly, maybe complaining how he's very little like the real Trump, but at the end of the day they'll go "Well, he's doing what Trump would have done (as he's been telling us over and over), and we can't let those damn democrats destroy DJT's legacy, so I'll vote for him"...

[u/Shark7996 → u/Abject_Following_814]

This is why the real fight has to be as local as possible, for all of us. They can do what they want at a federal level, but you can't make every last official a corrupt one. The foot soldiers gumming up the gears are the ones state level and lower. They are not nearly competent enough to take on all of us.

[u/mcloofus → u/Abject_Following_814]

First, please understand that I was vocal in 2015 about my fears that we would be exactly where we are if this disgusting piece of shit got elected. I have not been surprised by anything that has happened and, _again_ , and I am nowhere close to being optimistic that everything will be hunky dory when this guy is finally gone. I merely said that we might survive this, and by "we" I mean an American electorate who will at least continue to have the opportunity to choose between the lesser of two evils at the voting booth on a regular basis.

The will has always been there, yes, but trump is the way. All of this requires a charismatic thug, because even an aspiring totalitarian regime requires some buy-in from the electorate and someone who genuinely lacks any human empathy whatsoever. Take Stephen Miller. He is exactly the kind of soulless ghoul to shape policy and get nasty work done behind the scenes, but is literally anyone going to vote for a creep like that for any public office? Will legislators line up to lick _his_ boots? Hell no. Nobody's wearing a stupid red hat for JD Vance. No tech billionaire is going to act like an absolute jackass on stage for Ron DeSantis.

As the person _I_ responded to said, that next "obvious populist demagogue" doesn't currently exist. My concern has always been that trump would learn from the mistakes of his first term, survive long enough to get the Death Star fully operational, and then hand the keys over to Baron or maybe some other, yet-to-be-identified successor.

But his dementia is readily apparent, he's overplaying his hand (defacing the White House, naming stuff after himself, etc), he's alienated military leadership (see: the Hegseth debacle when he assembled all the generals), the Epstein stuff actually seems to be starting to stick a little, the economy still sucks ass and nobody knows it more than the people he allegedly gave a voice to in 2016, and he's even starting more of the wars that the lemmings somehow believed he would end.

Yes, the oligarchs and bigots and bigoted oligarchs will still exist, but they won't be able to operate like they want to without a figurehead. There's a reason things exploded as soon as "they" got their guy. Yes, it will happen again, and yes, this country will remain profoundly problematic in the interim. But the hope that I am regaining is that we will at least get to help mitigate its flaws at the voting booth. That's all.

[u/Harbinger2001 → u/mcloofus]

You may survive it but make no mistake - the quarter century of American world leadership is over. The next 4 years will make that even more apparent. Allies no longer listening to you and rival powers passing you technologically.

[u/GandalfSwagOff → u/Harbinger2001]

This doesn't land on most Americans like you think it does. Americans, on an individual level, don't care if other leaders listen to our leader. Most Americans can barely afford to put food on the table and our healthcare expenses are bankrupting our finances. We don't care if we are, "1st place leader yay everyone listen to our great ideas!" We don't care if allies aren't listening to us so long as they aren't bothering us. Most Americans are financially on the edge of collapse.

Saying that American leadership is "over" doesn't mean anything. You're from a nation that isn't in that leadership position, but you seem fine...so why would Americans care if they lose it too?

I understand what you are saying but your message only lands on the upper-middle class or the wealthy in America. They are the only ones who care about America's leadership.

[u/Harbinger2001 → u/GandalfSwagOff]

And I don’t care if “most Americans” don’t care. The loss of world leadership will make social issues in America even worse as the wealth that used to pour into the country drops significantly to go elsewhere.

[u/sunnyspiders → u/Omophorus]

The BBC got sued for 10 billion dollars when they edited Trump for runtime.

CBS will obviously now be sued for the same reason.

[u/trwawy05312015 → u/sunnyspiders]

he has control over CBS, there's no need for him to sue

[u/RadarSmith → u/trwawy05312015]

That’s exactly why he’d sue them: he knows they’ll cave.

Trying to appease Trump doesn’t work: it only encourages him.

[u/BrianNowhere → u/Omophorus]

Its getting to where he says something "shocking" and I dont even bother finding out what he's on about this time.

He's become boring and predictable. His time is almost done.

[u/GenericStandard42 → u/BrianNowhere]

The damage will go on and on for decades regardless. We're so screwed.

[u/jupiterkansas → u/BrianNowhere]

The only truly shocking thing he could do at this point is talk and act like a rational and caring human being.

[u/neddiddley → u/Omophorus]

If there’s ever going to be a pivot, it’s not going to be led by the idiots in red hats. It’s going to be from his supporters in the government (whether elected, appointed) and CEOs. And it’s going to come from a realization that his coattails are no longer big enough to carry enough GOPers to majorities in the House, Senate and purple state legislatures.

[u/pepperdyno2 → u/Omophorus]

The media is complicit because all of it is owned by the same billionaires who want him in power in order to perpetuate their tax-free lifestyles

[u/Lurkist → u/JK_NC]

Its really sad that we're craving a return to the usual corruption and stagnation of our government now that we've tried the clown car approach to governance.

[u/BootsToYourDome → u/Lurkist]

It is a clown car, that clown car is fueled by seething hateful racists who vote and they're not bashful about it either.

[u/Khiva → u/BootsToYourDome]

I’m actually very willing to hear out a candidate in the next Dem primary willing to talk about a massive overhaul to the system.

The Supreme Court has nuked its legitimacy. I used to be sympathetic to institutionalists, but history and events have proven them naive. Pack it.

DeMAGAfication, top to bottom, a DOJ packed with anti-Garlands - that’s the shit that gets my blood pumping.

And I think I’m far from alone.

[u/nerdy_donkey → u/Lurkist]

Turns out the solution to corruption is not to elect the most corrupt guy in the country. Who could have predicted this?

[u/schlamster → u/Lurkist]

What I’m really excited for is when (if?) dems ever take over the government again we get to hear about:

ITS TIME TO HEAL

Aka “we did nothing to stop anything Trump did, and actually we have more in common with him then we do with you peasants, so we’re going to do exactly Jack and exactly shit to hold anyone accountable. Oh actually no wait we will token crucify a couple people who trump already identified to be made examples of to give the appearance of justice (probably hegeseth and bondi). Fuck you, have a nice day”

All these people online who have justice boners thinking that there’s going to be some great day of reckoning are going to be very sorely disappointed. 

[u/twisty125 → u/schlamster]

I guess I'm just wondering, does this defeatist attitude help? Going in with negativity tends to not help anything

On the other hand, this also reads like a Trump bot trying to make people feel more apathetic to voting doesn't it

[u/BootsToYourDome → u/twisty125]

Nah they're pretty bang on because it already happened once with Trump and it could easily happen again.

[u/ValiumBlues → u/schlamster]

The same goes for folks who believe that the US will gain any sort of foothold on the global stage again, in regards to credibility, reputation, and general standing.

Those dreamers are in for a rough awakening.

[u/Khiva → u/ValiumBlues]

The world will never trust that another Trump won’t emerge to tear up every agreement unless significant systemic overhauls are undertaken.

Of course the median voters cares nothing for this. They will vote on prices alone. But deliver them salvation from economic pressure and there is carte Blanche to rebuild.

If they take it. If.

[u/ValiumBlues → u/Khiva]

Trump has shown the rest of the world that agreements and laws don’t matter, and the world has taken notice.

That systemic overhaul sounds amazing in theory, but I doubt it’ll happen.

[u/F9-0021 → u/JK_NC]

The idiots don't matter. It's beyond time to stop caring about what they think.

[u/FantasyTrash → u/F9-0021]

Those idiots still vote. They're the reason we're in this mess in the first place.

[u/gatoaffogato → u/FantasyTrash]

We’re in this mess because of them and the tens of millions of lazy or disenfranchised voters who don’t bother to show up.

The majority of MAGA are a lost cause. Non-voters and extremely low-information voters are who the Dems need to target.

[u/Sharmi888 → u/JK_NC]

I've read really great take on how propaganda works. It said that it doesnt work in a sense, when you realize you are being influenced by propaganda. Rather it works in a way where you stop caring what is truth or what is not. And if you allow it to become part of the established society, there is hard way coming back. People will start question even universal facts.

[u/SheyenSmite → u/JK_NC]

There are no grownups anymore.

[u/jayplus707 → u/JK_NC]

I think it does matter. He lives in a bubble with misinformation being fed to him because he’s a big baby. If he sees the truth, he will lie about it, but it’s another dagger behind the scenes to his fragile ego. I take solace in that the truth always hurts him, so surround him with it.

[u/Hairy_Mycologist_945 → u/JK_NC]

What matters most is that even his sycophantic fan base is dwindling and very few want anything to do with him. His influence and power peaked and he's declining. He's increasingly seen as a problem even by members of his own administration.

[u/Anagrama00 → u/JK_NC]

I don't think "grown ups" will ever be in charge in the US again.

That ship has sailed.

[u/That_one_cool_dude → u/JK_NC]

The sad part is that that will never happen the ramapant corruption and evil in the government that Trump has exposed that nothing will happen things can only get worse.

[u/leavezukoalone → u/JK_NC]

Agreed. Trump supporters live in an alternate reality. Because they're the dumbest fucking people you'll ever meet.

[u/hallwack → u/JK_NC]

But not over 70 yo grown up right?

[u/Kalinka777]

I can’t listen to him speak anymore, I physically recoil. I can only bear to skim the transcripts, his cadence of lies makes me sick.

[u/nonamenolastname → u/Kalinka777]

I cringe when he says something he thinks is funny or witty (and never is) and then pauses...

[u/Kalinka777 → u/nonamenolastname]

It’s horrifying. The second he opens his mouth, you know it’s just the same bs - lies about how great he is.

[u/Elastichedgehog → u/Kalinka777]

If you listen to him enough you'll know he just hits the same points over and over and over every time he speaks publicly.

I hate the man, but go look at some videos from 10 years ago compared to now and you'll see the cognitive decline in real time. He used to be a pretty good speaker, albeit much of it was still bullshit.

[u/HorrorSmile3088 → u/Elastichedgehog]

I just love how the people who claim to be centrists or independents talked nonstop about Biden's mental decline but don't say anything about Trump. Like somehow it's more acceptable because it's Trump.

[u/HigherThanOnix → u/HorrorSmile3088]

Same with the Epstein Files

[u/Allaplgy → u/Elastichedgehog]

He used to be a pretty good speaker,

He's somehow gotten worse, but he was never anything close to "pretty good."

[u/hopelessWriting → u/Elastichedgehog]

Yeah, there was a certain charisma to him before. It was still obnoxious, but even if I hated him I could find myself chuckling a certain quips, and could recognize he was good at keeping people's attention and pointing them in the direction he wanted

The few times I have forced myself to listen to him now, he just sounds tired, angry and lost. Biden may have stumbled his words more, but he never seemed to lose track of what he was talking about. 

I do think Biden was too old to run again, but he still seems leagues better than Trump in terms of mental acquity

[u/TehMephs → u/Kalinka777]

The nasal meandering droning is so annoying. Like a mosquito in your ear

[u/HigherThanOnix → u/Kalinka777]

I don't understand why ANYONE listens to him. He just rambles incoherently. I can hear a Trump speech by going out to the nearest intersection

[u/bobandgeorge → u/Kalinka777]

I can’t listen to him speak anymore, I physically recoil.

You know that feeling you get when you watch the Dinner Party episode of "The Office"? That's how I feel every time he speaks.

[u/B19F00T]

Why are we talking about this and not the document in the files that says Trump helped murder a baby and throw it in lake Michigan?

[u/Totaliss → u/B19F00T]

just looked it up and the mother was a sex trafficking victim who was pregnant at 13. Just horrific

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/Totaliss]

It's a random online claim that was made years ago that is being presented as fact to distract you from what is actually being released in the Epstein files (and the numerous Trump stuff that has been redacted from them). There is zero reason to believe the claim is true, it was part of a large file of documents from several years ago full of random claims like that. You're being conned and distracted with it. The goal is to discredit the actual files with that kind of unsubstantiated nonsense.

[u/EmpTully → u/SwordfishOk504]

Oh shit sorry I didn't realize you were the arbiter of which files are true and which are not. Please tell us all which ones are the true ones that we should be focusing on!

[u/Antlerfox213 → u/B19F00T]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

Because the G.O.P. thrives on Gaslighting Obscuring and Projecting.

[u/arrgobon32 → u/B19F00T]

Because it’s just a tip that was called into an FBI tip line, and shouldn’t be treated like it was something that’s been verified to have happened.

[u/Filthiest_Vilein → u/arrgobon32]

This. 

I’m so sick of hearing about it. I don’t like Trump at all, but so many people here are willing to take a completely unsubstantiated tip as, at the very least, compelling evidence of wrongdoing. It’s not—it’s just a tip. 

Trump deserves jail time for dozens of different things that we know, for a fact, that’s he actually done. 

A tip is just a tip. 

[u/jupiterkansas → u/B19F00T]

Because aside from your one sentence, there's nothing else backing it up to talk about.

[u/QuercusSambucus → u/jupiterkansas]

You must have missed the Epstein files document that described exactly that. Go read it yourself: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet+8/EFTA00025010.pdf

[u/pmMeYourLatestSelfie → u/QuercusSambucus]

I'm as anti trump as they come and I gotta facepalm at everyone's reaction to this. Its a tip line call. If there's no corroborating evidence it can't be taken as fact.

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/pmMeYourLatestSelfie]

It's also intentional misinformation that is meant to flood the zone with bullshit so his followers can pretend the actual Esptein files are all fake.

[u/pmMeYourLatestSelfie → u/SwordfishOk504]

Got it in one

[u/QuercusSambucus → u/pmMeYourLatestSelfie]

That's more than just a random Internet commenter, though.

[u/pmMeYourLatestSelfie → u/QuercusSambucus]

There's no evidence beyond what that commenter references. A random tip line call.

[u/MrBoomf]

Oh, he gave another speech? I just found out now. If anything that man needs to talk less, so I’m not surprised nobody tuned in. Sad.

[u/yourethebestestest → u/MrBoomf]

When you say talk less, you mean not talk at all, correct?

[u/BaldyFecker → u/yourethebestestest]

No, I'd hope less than that.

[u/yourethebestestest → u/BaldyFecker]

I...dig.... That

[u/queercomputer → u/yourethebestestest]

We'd all gladly do some digging if the happy incident happens

[u/-liminal- → u/BaldyFecker]

so around 500-600% less or something in the 1200-1300% less range?

[u/Alive-Welder5585 → u/yourethebestestest]

When he stops talking I will celebrate it and so will everyone else except the cult. 

[u/yourethebestestest → u/Alive-Welder5585]

They will be crying louder.

[u/AbeRego → u/yourethebestestest]

Permanently.

[u/OptimusSublime → u/MrBoomf]

Yeah but when was the last time sleepy Joe gave an incoherent speech or rage tweeted late into the night?

[u/HorrorSmile3088 → u/OptimusSublime]

That loser was probably spending time with his wife and his grandkids on Christmas.

[u/Basilisk1667 → u/MrBoomf]

I kinda feel like less people are listening to him anymore because it’s always the same speech.

“I’m the greatest human to have ever lived, everything I’ve ever done (true or not) is the greatest thing that’s ever been done, and nothing is ever my fault. The exact opposite is true for all of my opponents. They’re the worst, what they’ve done (true or not) is the worst, and literally every negative thing is their fault.”

Every. Time.

[u/Adorable_Raccoon → u/Basilisk1667]

“Nothing bad can happen it can only good happen.” - Donald J Trump

[u/jhbjr63]

Who still would want to listen to the rambling of a psychotic man child

[u/SirTainLee]

He's saving his best speech for the White House renaming ceremony. Welcome to the Trump House.

[u/OptimusSublime → u/SirTainLee]

* The Trump Memorial And The White House

If we're keeping with the naming convention of previous naming acquisitions

[u/Zombietimm → u/SirTainLee]

He's gonna paint it gold. Then say it can't be called the white house now and people think of cheap sprayed on gold when they think trump, so it had to be changed to the trump house. Common sense man

[u/dendrivertigo → u/Zombietimm]

Welcome to the Gold House

[u/MakiSenpaiii]

Who is the Donald guy trending on r/Music everyday? He must be a really famous MUSICIAN or something.

[u/gpowerf]

He's just tiresome and never has anything important to say, anything he says he can and probably will backtrack on. People don't like wasting time on losers like him.

[u/nimeton0]

Least watched — So Far…

[u/Big-Tuna-for-Commish]

Just another stage to ramble on about sleepy joe and all the great things he’s accomplished

[u/HarlequinKOTF]

I don't need to be blasted by chicken in chief's nasty hot air.

[u/user0015]

Why am I getting notifications from r/music, about Donald Trump, as a crosspost from a subreddit called...r/IrishStar.com ? What the fuck? What even IS that?

Is there a way to mute this subreddit? It seems like it's completely unmoderated.

[u/roseofjuly → u/user0015]

You could just unjoin. Joining just gives you notifications in your feed. You can still come here manually and post.

[u/user0015 → u/roseofjuly]

Yeah, I think I will. I honestly don't remember the last time I saw something from this subreddit music related. I'm better off sticking to more specific genres.

[u/Mediocre-Touch-6133 → u/user0015]

It's all that Irishstar posts. Failing news sites are getting desperate.

[u/ctei0421]

That old orange mane no longer fills stadiums.

[u/guytakeadeepbreath → u/ctei0421]

He never did ...

[u/albatroopa → u/guytakeadeepbreath]

Stadiums is the brand of adult diapers he wears.

[u/littlemissbagel → u/albatroopa]

[u/crappy80srobot → u/guytakeadeepbreath]

I was going to say he never did. Most people who do go to see him leave within 15 minutes.

[u/oneplusetoipi → u/ctei0421]

He can fill diapers though.

[u/Cool_Recognition_848]

“Another humiliating blow” is crazy, I hate these stupid headlines that make it seem like Trump is doing badly for clicks. Him and his friends are robbing the country, attacking brown people, taking rights from trans people and women, attacking the media and he has raped multiple women and children probably.

All this shit and people are posting stupid articles to make you think that he was dealt a blow in any way from the viewership of a speech he’ll lie about anyways. Completely delusional clickbait.

[u/NephilimRayne]

Oh look another new Low. Well if he's good at anything it's cratering what he touches.

[u/littlemissbagel]

Oh no. Anyway, we're having turkey leftovers for lunch.

[u/deepbluemeanies]

The source is an Irish tabloid and no where on the article does it say "lowest in history" ... unless "history" only dates to 2022. This is clickbait and we all fell for it; as a Irish tabloid with little reputation for truth telling I am surprised how often accounts post their articles across Reddit.

[u/MarcoVinicius]

This is a weird subject for r/music…

I’d like to have one sub not packed with everything the orange man does.

[u/Shurigin]

I’m glad nobody wants to watch an old pedophile

[u/f1rstman]

There was a Kennedy Center speech?

[u/Dallascansuckit]

“Dealt another humiliating blow.”

Jesus Christ, this really is just bread and circuses for you people too isn’t it?

[u/Klick8986]

There was a speech?

[u/NoStill7049]

What does this have to do with music? Why is an Irish paper writing about the American president? When are redditors gonna admit that they're more obsessed with Trump than even he is about himself?

[u/PM_ME_TRICEPS]

Oh no!!! He's been humiliated!!!

[u/Sensitive_Break5798 → u/PM_ME_TRICEPS]

… then bombed another country to demonstrate his awesome power

[u/SweeTTomatoSauce]

Turns out booking a speech isn't the same as selling out a rally.

[u/collikassi]

Why is this put in a music related subreddit? with this many upvotes? 

[u/thoughtcrimeo → u/collikassi]

Propaganda.

[u/cataquarkk]

do you really think his crew is telling him the truth and not the opposite?

[u/Kidofthecentury]

I bet even the most right wing people are tired of the endless "the left wing lunatics yada yada" kind of "speech". I mean, it's Christmas time and probably they already have to listen to their elderly relatives' rant, last thing I'd want is another one on TV.

[u/OppositeEagle]

I stopped listening to his bullshit, but keep a close watch on what he does.

[u/cscottjones87]

Fake news. It was the most viewed speech in history. The biggest crowds. The turnout was tremendous.

[u/coke71685]

I don't care, do you?

[u/Roxpaperscissors]

Hate this guy.

[u/not-on-your-nelly]

I’m starting to think that the US and Russia are aligned in their new mottos: “…and then it got worse.”

[u/cyankitten]

[u/USA_A-OK]

I promise he'll never know about it.

[u/toddles822]

He hates the arts. He's fine with this.

[u/KMRcanada]

Ha ha

[u/Extension_Matter_794]

His numbers show that the most people named Donald Trump watched his speech ever. He will shorten it to the most people watched his speed ever

[u/relientkenny]

i don’t ever pay attention to a single word he says.

[u/Sprinklypoo]

Oh I'm sure he's lying about it already...

[u/beuhring]

Not humiliating. He doesn’t care.

[u/Fantastic_Shaman9230]

What a loser lol... only thing worse is a MAGA voter.

[u/Our_National_Debt]

Everything this scumbag says is a lie.. he needs to crawl in a hole and die.

[u/Bishopkilljoy]

Nah, his people didn't tell him that. They told him it was inspirational and worthy of medals. They told him nobody has ever done such a performance.

I genuinely believe Trump believes the economy is great because he's only shown the statistics that make him look good.

His policies could have burned an orphanage down and killed 50 children and they'd tell him "you're so effective, you got 50 children off the streets"

[u/dendrivertigo]

If his lips are moving, he's lying

[u/lpenos27]

You must be reading fake news. According to Trump the audience was the largest in the history of the Center. People were lined up waiting to get in.

[u/ProposalLeading9606]

Maybe ignoring him would be a way to get back.

[u/Fit_Bag1607]

Who’d watch that asshole besides his cult and most of them, well most of them……

[u/shirubanet]

It’s not a blow. It’s strategy. Make everything he is publicly saying irrelevant and work in the shadows…

[u/RDAM60]

Poor ratings eventually leads to cancelation. It’s the way of the world. Sorry, Donny.

[u/Fit_Bag1607]

The issue will be in the recovery which will take generations

[u/dendrivertigo]

He'll lie and say "It was the greatest and most-watched speech in the history of the country"

[u/hyperforms9988]

People can only take the same old shit for so long before it becomes pointless to continue listening to it... even for his supporters. Remember when folks made fun of the amount of people going to his rallies on the campaign trail versus the number of asses in seats for Harris? How'd the election end up working out? One candidate was completely new and had months to campaign and the other's been droning on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, for longer than 4 years about the same old shit, and there's only so many times you can listen to it before it's no longer "must-see" TV or "must-hear" speech. He's been dominating the news cycles for practically a decade plus. People are either thoroughly sick of it, or they support him but they've heard all of this stuff before multiple times over.

[u/DivideJolly3241]

The buffoon is such a spoiled child.

[u/MiddayClimax]

The resistance is in shambles if they feel the need to post about TV ratings like Trump does about CNN.

[u/thesimpletoncomplex]

Trump dealt another blow? I guess Bubba was in town.

[u/tom-of-the-nora]

When did that happen?

[u/Kohltrain37]

If you can’t wait like most of us what do you think is the best thing to get them in charge sooner rather than later? The lives destroyed this year are going to be multiplied next year before theres ever an election to get a few more adults in the room. Not in charge, just in the room.

[u/PostMaster-P]

It doesn’t hurt his feelings at all, because through his eyes he saw the most successful event in the history of the venue.

[u/supermansquito]

How'd he have time for a speech, with all the shit posting he did the last 2 days?

[u/Latter-Possibility]

What was the threshold here for viewership?

[u/DougOfWar]

No worries, if televised, his funeral will set viewership records globally.

[u/leeekslap]

Pedophile Woman Man Camera TV

[u/Ok-Chance-7638]

Last time he begged for my attention he wasted my time ranting about Biden

[u/-Malky-]

2.65m with Trump vs 4.1m with Queen Latifah in 2024... and 8.6m with Stephen Colbert the last year he hosted the honors.

[u/Horror-Temporary3584]

I didn't watch it. Nor have I ever watched a Kennedy Center speech. Nor have I ever watched a Kennedy Center performance. Guess the leftie were the only one watching and they don't like Trump. 

[u/Bewjlicious]

Time to fire the people who keep track of ratings.

[u/benkenobi5]

Is there even a point to tuning in? I can summarize pretty much every speech I’ve ever heard from this guy right now; “I’m the best, everything good is because of me, everything bad is because of Biden. Democrats are enemies and scum, fuck anyone who doesn’t like me”.

[u/Own-Fun-4041]

CBS=Caved to Bully’s Sh!t!

[u/johncandy1812]

He hates the organization. He wants to see it crash and burn. He's happy about all this.

[u/Sweatytubesock]

Worst ratings ever. Pathetic. Even more pathetic that he was best friends and running buddy with notorious sex trafficker and pedo Jeffrey Epstein for 15 of his prime salad day years.

[u/kayak_2022]

LOOK MAGAS IT WAS THE LEAST WATCHED. CRY ME SOME SALTY MAGA TEARS, BOYYYEEEES!!!

[u/Burnt_and_Blistered]

Good.

But I’m skeptical they’ll tell him

[u/TehMephs]

He did a speech? Oh. K

[u/Unusual_Performer_15]

Maybe, just MAYBE, this is the thing that finally humbles him /s

[u/Expert_Cub4637]

This kind of shit is irrelevant to fascism. It doesn't care if Trump gets low ratings, why the fuck does anyone spend a single second giving a fuck about rating. LOCK IN PEOPLE THE COUNTRY IS ALREADY TAKEN OVER

[u/CouchHam]

I can’t even want to learn how to know about his speeches

[u/SGT-JamesonBushmill]

Wasn’t it the first speech by a president at the Kennedy Center Awards?

[u/ChipCob1]

He's so egotistical that he probably thinks that over here in the UK the Boxing Day trumps are about him!

[u/Sex_Offender_4697]

"humiliating?" no one fucking cares, get him out of office then we can talk about "humiliating"

[u/toriemm]

This is why he stayed up late and was threatening actual late night hosts that people still watch.

[u/DoDah-Man]

Socrates said it best. "Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people." Trump is a weak man-boy.

[u/Bluekatz1]

Billions of people on earth and beyond watched!

[u/Practical_Smell_4244]

if you watch it it mesns a atom of pride rises omg be careful 💔

[u/sihaya09]

He wasn't dealt shit. Nobody on his team is going to tell him this. They're going to say whatever strokes his ego.

[u/PreparationHot980]

To be fair, we probably should be paying attention simply because everything he says puts us at risk.

[u/ab_90]

The Chinese Trump is funnier

[u/bigredthesnorer]

He will be told that it had the highest viewership of any Kennedy center event. Ever. Nobody in history has ever had so big an audience.

[u/Sproketz]

I mean. Why would anyone want to take their time to listen to this guy's assmouth fart?

[u/N0SF3RATU]

"...so far"

-Homer Simpson

[u/TrojanHorse45]

What a loser!

[u/grifeweizen]

What does this have to do with music?

[u/jadedfan55]

People outside the MAGA bubble are tired of hearing and reading about Orange Narcissus (Trump). There was something better to watch than him that night, so.....!

[u/JohnBPrettyGood]

Apparently viewership was higher before the TV was invented

[u/Warm_Ad_3067]

“Fake news”, says the shit spewing traffic cone