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<p>On Thursday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to thank the American people for making his<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/trump-state-of-the-union-bonkers-moments"> State of the Union address</a> the most watched in history. Only one problem: it wasn&#39;t.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/959034299222843394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Although the numbers in Trump&#39;s tweet is accurate, the claim that his speech brought in the &quot;highest number in history&quot; is just a total lie.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="435" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-UHSlfA.gif" width="480" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Even more embarrassing? He wasn&#39;t even close to the top spot.</p><p>According to<a href="http://time.com/5128429/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-ratings-fact-check/"> <em>Time</em></a>, three former presidents &mdash; Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton &mdash; all got higher ratings from their first State of the Union than Trump did: 48 million watched Obama&#39;s State of the Union in 2010; 51.7 million tuned in for Bush in 2002; and Bill Clinton narrowly beat Trump by having 45.8 million people tune in for his address in 1994.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="253" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-1-bFy67T.gif" width="450" /></div><div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><p>At time of publication, President Trump has yet to issue a correction to his inaccurate tweet.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Oy, this is going to be the<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/sean-spicer-jimmy-kimmel-interview"> Inauguration Day crowd controversy</a> all over again, isn&#39;t it? Does anyone know where Sean Spicer is?</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Oh. Right." data-attribution="giphy" data-attribution-url="" height="375" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/giphy-2-LWIqVT.gif" width="500" /></div> <figcaption>Oh. Right.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">giphy</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump falsely said his State of the Union address was the most watched ever. Guess whose really was?

On Thursday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to thank the American people for making his State of the Union address the most watched in history. Only one problem: it wasn&#39;t.Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 1, 2018 Although the numbers in Trump&#39;s tweet is accurate, the claim that his speech brought in the &quot;highest number in history&quot; is just a total lie.giphyEven more embarrassing? He wasn&#39;t even close to the top spot.According to Time, three former presidents &mdash; Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton &mdash; all got higher ratings from their first State of the Union than Trump did: 48 million watched Obama&#39;s State of the Union in 2010; 51.7 million tuned in for Bush in 2002; and Bill Clinton narrowly beat Trump by having 45.8 million people tune in for his address in 1994.giphyAt time of publication, President Trump has yet to issue a correction to his inaccurate tweet.Oy, this is going to be the Inauguration Day crowd controversy all over again, isn&#39;t it? Does anyone know where Sean Spicer is? Oh. Right. giphy

On Thursday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to thank the American people for making his State of the Union address the most watched in history. Only one problem: it wasn&#39;t.    Although the numbers in Trump&#39;s tweet is...