I’ll keep this short and sweet.
Trump has spent a lifetime boasting about getting great ratings. If you thought that nothing else in life is more important to him, you’d be right. Ratings are the only barometer by which Trump measures success.
Well, looks like someone else got the better of him last night…
Nancy Pelosi Tops Donald Trump’s Oval Office Speech Debut In Ratings
With a 29.3/47 in metered markets results on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, Pelosi and fellow Democrat and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer’s live rebuttal topped Trump’s Oval Office speech on the government shutdown and his demand for a wall on the southern border. Across the seven nets and down 4 from the opposition, the “temper tantrum” accused POTUS pulled in a 28.1/45 rating in the overnight metrics in the 9 – 9:15 PM ET time period.