Michael Clarke does the math on Trump's Russia diesel deal

Sky News pairs the professor's analysis with Ivor Bennett's report on Europe's response from the Warsaw Security Forum.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 311,868 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (21,873).

The maths behind Donald Trump's Russia diesel deal | Michael Clarke analysis

One viewer's request for a blackboard and chalk gets to the premise of Michael Clarke's Sky News Short: examining the arithmetic behind Donald Trump's Russia diesel deal.

The analysis reached about 180,000 views in ten hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts. Clarke, a former director of the Royal United Services Institute, brings a defense and security perspective to a story involving fuel, Russia and international diplomacy.

It follows Mark Stone's examination of the deal, as we reported here. This time, Sky offers two distinct angles: Clarke on the calculations, and correspondent Ivor Bennett on the European response. Bennett's separate Short, "Europe has responded 'bluntly and directly' to Trump's Moscow deal", reports from the Warsaw Security Forum and is also drawing an unusually large early audience.

Clarke's Short introduces a longer Defence Insider briefing, with paid subscription access required for the full discussion. That distinction has prompted some viewers to ask for the complete analysis to be available on YouTube.

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The numbers

Both Shorts have already drawn more views than a typical Sky News Short receives in its first full day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

21,873

this video

311,868

subscribers

9,380,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,929,526,834

views per day

2,151,310

typical day: 2,500,651

the video

views

180,105

likes

1,402

comments

271

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

NBC News

12,200,000

MS NOW

10,000,000

Sky News

9,380,000

VICE News

9,300,000

USA TODAY

7,590,000

CBS News

7,110,000

As of October 13, 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.