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NBC and ABC will not be airing President Donald Trump's planned national address this evening, multiple reporters shared Thursday and Mediaite has confirmed. Instead, both networks will show the speech on their streaming platforms. There is precedent for the move — networks previously declined to air certain speeches given by President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden in real time.

Brian Stelter posted the news via a series of threaded posts on X.

"In sum: Trump will not be getting the wall-to-wall airtime he wants from everyone, but the speech will be widely streamed and available," he explained.

"NBC says 'we will provide live coverage of the president's remarks at 9 pm ET tonight on NBC News NOW. We plan to air a special report on the network following the remarks,'" Stelter continued.

A spokesperson for NBC confirmed Stelter's reporting to Mediaite.

A spokesperson for ABC said in a statement shared with Mediaite, "ABC News will run President Trump's speech on ABC News Live and ABC News Radio with comprehensive, anchored coverage. We will also cover the speech in our regular network newscasts and, as always, our Special Report team is fully prepared to break into network programming to deliver live updates and reporting should significant developments occur."

The decision to air the speech, which is expected to largely center around the president's persistent belief in the widely debunked conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Democrats, has been a hotly debated topic this week. Networks did not indicate a decision until approximately 3:30 p.m. ET today, only hours before the planned 9 p.m. ET address.

Mediaite has reached out to NBC and CBS for comment and will update this article if we receive a reply.

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