Trump Threatens to Turn State of the Union into the World’s Longest Podcast
KEY POINTS
- •In 2025, President Trump gave a record-breaking 100-minute address to Congress, surpassing Biden’s 2023 length.
- •Trump said his speech would focus on the economy amid widespread concerns about affordability across the U.S.
- •Historically, presidents like Carter have sent lengthy written addresses, including a 33,667-word letter during the Iran hostage crisis.
President Trump, proving he never met a mic he didn’t want to dominate, holds the record for longest address to Congress at a staggering 100 minutes in 2025. Out-talking Biden’s 2023 notably wordy attempt by 700 words, Trump bragged Monday about America’s 'greatest economy we’ve ever had' and promised a speech so long it'll need a bathroom break plan. Historical footnotes include Carter’s 33,667-word telegram during the Iran hostage crisis—because who needs speakers when you’ve got pen pals? Meanwhile, applause and heckling crowd the annual ritual into runtime purgatory, with Trump’s usual hour-twenty steamroller formally dethroning Clinton's hour-fifteen slog from the turn of the millennium.
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Trump’s State of the Union is basically that friend who won’t stop talking at parties, but the mic is the Oval Office and the topic is his economy mixtape.
If Trump’s speeches were a Netflix series, ‘Long-Winded Rants’ would be renewed indefinitely for lack of alternative programming.
Trump promising a 'long speech' is like someone promising to just check their phone for five minutes—nobody’s leaving anytime soon.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/24/2026 | Author: Josephine Walker
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