they both have a deep connection to fox. some would argue they were largely propped up by fox for years. last night trump was calling fox his competition. let s listen. yeah. we re doing this interview, but we ll get bigger ratings using this crazy forum that you re using than probably the debate, our competition. so just like he cares about the polls, he cares about the ratings, all about the numbers, right? well, the x platform says it logged more than 150 million views of this interview. you say that is false. explain that and what are the early numbers for that fox debate? yeah, i am just now getting early overnight numbers and they re stronger than expected. when it comes to these view counts on x or twitter, think about an apple versus an entire apple orchard. the trump carlson interview was one single apple. it s impossible to count video views, the same way we count, scrolling past a tweet for one second counts as a view. right now there s about a
if great to see you. if trump was trying to upend the debate, it this do it for him? i think this was a total flop. that s what s most interesting, not the content of the interview which were the usual recycled conspiracy theories and lies. the fact that trump tried to take attention away from his rivals. he is still clearly the front runner, but both of these men, tucker and trump, they want to seem independent, free of the rnc, free of fox, and that is appealing to their debate audience, but by the end of the debate it was as if this trump interview never happened, it was irrelevant. this morning trump and carlson fans are trying to claim it was widely viewed, more popular than the debate. that is baloney. twitter view counts are wildly overstated. the truth is this interview was an after thought. tucker carlson, donald trump,