Matt O'Brien views the State of the Union as a tedious, predictable summary of the president's erratic social media rhetoric.

“Trump in the age of social media just kind of barfs out whatever he's thinking in real time. So for me, the State of the Union is is his speech writer probably just putting connective tissue between his truth social posts”

Desi Lydic finds the prospect of the State of the Union so overwhelming that it makes her want to avoid it entirely.

“the state of the union makes me feel the same way that this blizzard does. That I just want to curl up into a ball and never leave my apartment ever again.”