Try to remember what happened leading up to the previous SOTU. The republicans were saying that Biden couldn't possibly get out there and give a coherent speech, setting the bar so low that simply not falling asleep in the middle of it became a huge success.
The Democrat community is doing the same shit right now, talking about Trump dropping racial slurs and engaging in endless word salad. If he walks out there and just talks like a regular person for a few hours he'll be seen as killing it.