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The Rest Is Politics US questions Trump's break with advisers

Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci's fast-starting episode also examines the political fallout from Mamdani's October 7 statement.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 145,162 views a day, 5.4 times a normal first day on this channel (26,998).

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Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci's discussion drew about 145,000 views in its first day, more than five times the usual opening audience for a regular episode of The Rest Is Politics US. That strong start came while the channel's overall daily viewing was running at roughly half its usual pace.

The episode is titled "Trump Is Panicking Over The Latest Corruption Scandal...", framing the story as the hosts' interpretation rather than an established account of Trump's state of mind. Its description sets out a more specific question: why is Trump distancing himself from senior political advisers?

The conversation also turns to whether fallout from Mamdani's October 7 statement represents a significant political challenge for him. Beneath the video, viewers discuss the place of money in American politics and how to remember innocent victims of terrorism and war. Those are distinct threads of discussion, extending beyond the Trump-focused billing.

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The facts
Subscribers
412,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
1,077,739
Channel views, pace per day
76,548 (on a normal day: 157,162)
Video published
October 8, 2026
Video views so far
168,000 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
115,477

The numbers

The episode's opening audience was unusually large, despite a slower day of viewing across the channel overall.

the video's first day
usual first day here
26,998
this video
145,162
subscribers
412,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
total views
123,710,135
views per day
76,548
typical day: 157,162
the video
views
168,000
likes
3,601
comments
394
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
As of October 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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