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).
Trump Is Panicking Over The Latest Corruption Scandal...
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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Where next?
- Channel
- The Rest Is Politics US
- 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.



