Forgiven.
I gave it about 20 minutes of my time (he was 30 minutes late starting), and in those 20 minutes he mentioned his "predecessor" about 5 times. My understanding is that #45 was mentioned 17 times.
It was not a State of the Union Adress. It was a campaign speech. I've never witnessed such a political SOTU. I'll never get those 20 minutes back.
I turned it off and went to bed, slightly buzzed and happy with the Badger win.