Red-state midterms and a daylight saving row: Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci ask whether 'Trump Has Lost MAGA'

The episode also turns to Brazil's election and Latin America, and its comments filled up with a question the hosts' title only half answers.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 214,908 views a day, 8.8 times a normal first day on this channel (24,287).

Trump Has Lost MAGA: What Next?

A new full episode of The Rest Is Politics US usually ends its first day at around 24,000 views. "Trump Has Lost MAGA: What Next?" passed 85,000 in its first six hours.

The title makes a big claim, and the description frames the hour as a set of questions rather than a verdict. Could Democrats really flip red states in the midterms? What is behind Senator Tom Cotton's quarrel with the president over daylight saving time? And after Brazil's election, has Trump turned Latin America toward MAGA? Katty Kay, the BBC's longtime Washington voice, and Anthony Scaramucci, the Wall Street financier whose turn as White House communications director in 2017 lasted 11 days, work through them together.

The comment section reads like a second episode. A large share of it is about something viewers expected the hosts to discuss: Trump's remark about Iran taking out Los Angeles and San Diego. Others push back on the title itself, saying they have heard Trump written off for a decade and will wait for actual votes, and a few wonder how polls can be trusted when nobody picks up the phone. One of the most liked comments is a friendly lesson in British English: a "row" means an argument.

The episode arrives after a strong stretch for the show, which drew a big crowd for its take on a speech by Pete Hegseth at the start of the month. On the same day as the MAGA episode, the channel also posted a lighter short: Scaramucci trying poutine for the first time.

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The numbers

Six hours in, the episode was already well past a usual full first day for the show, while the channel as a whole kept close to its normal pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

24,287

this video

214,908

subscribers

411,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

123,105,844

views per day

119,726

typical day: 130,655

the video

views

85,281

likes

2,517

comments

242

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Talking Feds with Harry L…

473,000

Dave Jorgenson

452,000

Victor Davis Hanson

422,000

The Rest Is Politics US

411,000

Lawyer Oyer

398,000

The Nerve with Maureen Ca…

371,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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