Article continues below advertisementPresident Donald Trump's first official State of the Union (SOTU) address of his second term was a humiliating ratings bust as it saw a 12 percent decline in viewership compared to his 2025 address to Congress, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.Viewership for this address was lower than President Joe Biden's 2024 SOTU (32.2 million) and significantly lower than Trump's own first-term high of 47.7 million in 2017.