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Tobias Ellwood warns of escalation over Trump-Putin diesel deal

The former defense minister's Times Radio interview draws an exceptional early audience for his argument that short-term gains come at a long-term security cost.

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Times Radio Story of October 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 184,283 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (10,295).

'USA Has Lost Its Moral Compass': Trump-Putin Deal Could Lead To A Third World War | Tobias Ellwood

Tobias Ellwood puts the Trump-Putin diesel deal in terms of security, not simply fuel prices. Speaking to Rosie Wright and Guto Harri on Times Radio Breakfast, the former Conservative defense minister describes the move as driven by desperation and argues that America is trading long-term security for short-term gains.

The interview drew about 170,000 views in its first 20 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular upload. Its title raises the possibility of a third world war, while the description centers on Ellwood's warning about uncontrolled escalation and his judgment that the USA has lost its moral compass.

That argument sits alongside several other Times Radio interviews examining Washington's relationship with Moscow and Kyiv. Security analyst Jimmy Rushton tells the same breakfast hosts that Ukrainians will not stop bombing Russian refineries to lower American diesel prices. In a separate conversation with Darryl Morris, former US ambassador to Ukraine William B Taylor argues that Trump's calls to replace Volodymyr Zelensky have little weight because Washington is providing virtually no assistance.

Both of those uploads also drew unusually large early audiences. Ellwood's interview has the largest audience of the three, bringing the channel's diesel-deal coverage back to the consequences he sees beyond the immediate transaction.

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The facts

Channel: Times Radio
Subscribers: 1,300,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,815,537
Channel views, pace per day: 1,891,191 (on a normal day: 818,011)
Video published: October 11, 2026
Video views so far: 168,600 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 184,283

The numbers

Ellwood's interview passed the channel's usual first-day audience well before a full day had elapsed. Times Radio's overall daily views also more than doubled their usual pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

10,295

this video

184,283

subscribers

1,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

618,604,312

views per day

1,891,191