Why President Trump interrupted “Survivor” finale and different prime-time TV tonight

Followers of Survivor — and some other community reveals that air Wednesdays on prime-time TV — tuning in at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT noticed President Donald Trump as a substitute of their favourite stars on their screens tonight.

The previous host of The Apprentice spoke from the White Home to level out his administration's achievements and its priorities going into the brand new yr.

The Republican spent a lot of his roughly 20 minutes on air insisting that he'd "inherited a large number" from former President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and repeatedly blamed the Democratic Social gathering for the nation's woes.

He cited his crackdown on immigration, saying that, "in a couple of quick months, we went from worst to finest."

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The president additionally claimed the value of groceries is "falling quickly," regardless of what customers are seeing in shops.

"One yr in the past, our nation was useless," Trump mentioned. "We had been completely useless. Our nation was able to fail. Completely fail. Now, we're the most popular nation on the earth. And that mentioned by each single chief that I've spoken to over the past 5 months."

He vowed that the costs of properties and prescription drug costs would lower in 2026 and mentioned he plans to distribute dividends of $1,776 to navy service members for the vacations. The quantity is to honor the yr that the nation was based.

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The remarks got here at an inopportune time for TV audiences, as Trump had scheduled to start talking at 9 p.m. ET, which fell in the midst of finales for CBS' long-running actuality competitors Survivor, in addition to the Rob Lowe-hosted recreation present The Flooring on Fox.

Each networks paused their sequence throughout Trump's speech.

In the meantime, ABC and NBC, which additionally minimize to the White Home, aired vacation specials iHeartRadio Jingle Ball and nation music's Christmas in Nashville, respectively. Jingle Ball, which this yr starred Ed Sheeran, Nelly, Reneé Rapp, Sean Paul, and lots of extra artists, started concurrently Survivor, and was paused as effectively, per Deadline.

The nation music live performance, hosted by Trisha Yearwood and that includes appearances by Lauren Alaina, Invoice Murray & His Blood Brothers, Hint Adkins, the Battle and Treaty, and Ne-Yo, debuted earlier this month. Tonight's airing was delayed.

Trump's financial approval ranking is 36 p.c, his lowest in six years, in response to the most recent NPR/PBS Information/Marist ballot. He introduced his speech on Tuesday, simply wanting 11 months since his took workplace.

"My Fellow People: I might be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow evening," Trump wrote on Reality Social. "LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST. I sit up for "seeing" you then. It has been an amazing yr for our Nation, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!"

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