Video taking off 25x its usual first day

Roland Martin disputes Trump's HBCU funding "record" claim

His response to Stephen A. Smith's White House interview challenges both the source of the money and Trump's description of colleges facing bankruptcy.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 51,524 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (2,044).

Roland Martin Fact-Checks Trump's $438 Million HBCU "Record"

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A claim about saving Black colleges is where Roland Martin hits pause on Stephen A. Smith's White House interview with Donald Trump.

Trump describes a $438 million allocation to historically Black colleges and universities as a record one-time investment, adding that the institutions had been ready to go bankrupt. Martin stops the playback: "Freeze. He lied."

His rebuttal has two parts. Martin says the money was redirected from funds intended for Hispanic-serving institutions, rather than representing the new record investment Trump describes. He also rejects Trump's account of the colleges' financial condition: "The universities were not going bankrupt. That's a lie."

The Short drew roughly 34,000 views in its first 11 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for that format. The response sits within a broader run of Martin's criticism of the interview, rather than an isolated exchange over education funding.

A separate Short faults Smith for not challenging Trump during their conversation. In a longer response, Martin also examines Trump's presentation of criminal justice reform and Black voting rights. His argument throughout is about the interviewer's responsibility as well as the president's statements: Martin says Smith should have pressed for the context behind the claims while Trump was making them.

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The facts

Channel: Roland S. Martin
Subscribers: 1,970,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 6,131,507
Channel views, pace per day: 1,460,881 (on a normal day: 687,357)
Video published: November 13, 2026
Video views so far: 33,515 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 51,524

The numbers

The HBCU Short has already surpassed the channel's usual first-day Shorts views. Martin's longer response to the interview also drew an unusually large audience for its format.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,044

this video

51,524

subscribers

1,970,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,028,335,723

views per day

1,460,881

typical day: 687,357

the video

views

33,515

likes

1,177

comments

115

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

2,040,000

1,980,000

1,970,000

1,960,000

1,940,000

1,910,000

As of November 14, 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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