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Trump Desk questions bid to keep BBC deposition off camera

The Mirror's Mikey Smith links the request to Biden's age scrutiny, but that explanation is his interpretation of Trump's motive.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 194,435 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (9,962).

'Trump refuses deposition video as he's AFRAID he'll look just as old as BIDEN' | Trump Desk

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0:44Trump's response to North Sea energy policy includes a demand to remove wind turbines near his Scottish golf course.
4:12Smith examines Trump's Ukraine stance and Steve Witkoff's praise of Putin during prisoner-transfer talks.
6:55Smith describes efforts to delay and avoid filmed depositions in Trump's BBC lawsuit over a Panorama edit.
9:44The title's age argument arrives as Smith compares Trump's request with scrutiny of Biden's recorded interview.
10:35Smith previews travel across American battleground states to cover the midterm elections.

A dispute over whether a deposition should be filmed supplies the central question in Mikey Smith's Trump Desk roundup: why does Trump want the cameras kept away?

The Mirror's deputy political editor examines what he describes as Trump's team's effort to delay and avoid a videotaped deposition in the president's lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama edit. Smith then draws a comparison with the political scrutiny surrounding Joe Biden's recorded interview in 2023. The suggestion that Trump fears a similar focus on his age is Smith's interpretation, not an established reason for the request.

The episode drew about 155,000 views in its first 15 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. Its comment section was also several times busier than a typical first day.

Despite the title's focus on the BBC case, this is a wider political roundup. Smith begins with North Sea energy policy and Trump's objection to offshore wind turbines near his Scottish golf course. A clip makes that objection particularly plain: "I want to see the ocean. I don't want to see windmills."

The promised deposition discussion arrives nearly seven minutes in, with the Biden comparison following later. Smith also previews his own trip across American battleground states to cover the midterm elections.

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The facts

Channel: The Mirror
Subscribers: 377,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 1,641,299
Channel views, pace per day: 68,890 (on a normal day: 229,558)
Video published: October 24, 2026
Video views so far: 154,734 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 194,435

The numbers

The Trump Desk episode passed The Mirror's usual first-day audience well before its first full day was over. Comments also came in much faster than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

9,962

this video

194,435

subscribers

377,000

▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days

total views

299,116,300

views per day

68,890