Steve Schmidt's taxpayer-ad takedown opens eleven times his usual pace

His video on a campaign-style spot aired during NFL games ran, by itself, at about what his whole channel usually draws in a day.

Channel: The Warning with Steve Schmidt Story of September 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 153,641 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (14,069).

Donald Trump Has Cost Americans Too Much | Steve Schmidt

"Donald Trump Has Cost Americans Too Much | Steve Schmidt" is the newest video on The Warning, the former Republican strategist's channel. It started at about eleven times the pace a new upload there usually manages. On its own, it moved at roughly what the entire channel normally collects in a day across everything it has ever posted.

The subject is a campaign-style ad that, according to the description, was paid for with taxpayer money and aired during NFL games over the weekend. Schmidt calls it a "heinous misuse of power," and the description closes with a countdown: Trump, it says, will "face reality in 36 days." Counted from the day the video went up, that lands on November 3, the date of the midterm elections.

Schmidt knows political advertising from the inside. He was a senior strategist on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign and later co-founded the Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump group known for its sharp attack ads. His channel's about line promises to tell viewers what happens in politics before it happens.

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The numbers

Here is how that first day compares with a normal start for the channel.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,069

this video

153,641

subscribers

530,000

total views

170,120,060

the video

views

54,404

likes

5,033

comments

560

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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As of September 29, 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.