Trump TV Immediately Flops in Embarrassing Numbers Disaster

[u/joe13pr]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tv-immediately-flops-in-embarrassing-numbers-disaster/

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[u/TurdWrangler2020]

Isn't it awfully convenient that they are moving towards The White House being the only source for footage of Trump as he is becoming less and less fit for public appearances and near death? I'm sure it is just a coincidence.

[u/bitching_bot → u/TurdWrangler2020]

This is the beginning of a very long weekend at Bernie’s

[u/HighlyOffensive10 → u/bitching_bot]

Bitch McConnell being the test case.

[u/WafflePartyOrgy → u/HighlyOffensive10]

They're so gung ho on AI and data centers because they hope it will be ready for Trump's last 2 years, it certainly didn't work on removing the uncanny valley from what was apparently a living McConnell.

[u/Howie_Due → u/WafflePartyOrgy]

I know things move dumb fast these days but do you guys remember when an AI Trump addressed the nation a year or two ago? I feel like it wasn’t as big of a deal as it should’ve been, but we’re all fatigued so I get it

[u/Luna__Moonkitty → u/Howie_Due]

The one where he looked fifteen years younger, and the biggest tell, he was stringing together coherent and complete sentences.

[u/Ekg887 → u/Luna__Moonkitty]

Also his fingers merging together and morphing.

[u/NoWorking1616 → u/TurdWrangler2020]

Definitely not a coincidence. I believe they are worried that he'll actually flip his shit if another woman reporter dares to speak to him. That dementia is starting to show full force. 

[u/WalesIsForTheWhales → u/NoWorking1616]

He keeps going off script and off the rails.

Like the lead ammunition thing where he just flat out admitted he had no idea what he was signing then started saying he was going to ban fishing because he could.

[u/SkollFenrirson → u/WalesIsForTheWhales]

And look at all those consequences he's faced for it!

[u/newyne → u/NoWorking1616]

That's a really good point: this way they can control what people see

[u/RsquSqd → u/TurdWrangler2020]

Imagine if they totally cut off access to him eventually and he dies and then we just have AI BS Trump for President

[u/TemperatureSimilar71 → u/RsquSqd]

watch that AI bot do a better job than the actual Trump 

[u/goddessoftrees → u/TemperatureSimilar71]

We will all know. We will know. It'll have full coherence.

[u/sec713 → u/goddessoftrees]

The other dead giveaway will be the distinct absence of a lingering buttstank and flop sweat odor in the air.

[u/Johnny_Carcinogenic → u/RsquSqd]

That's "Super Intelligence" BS Trump per his executive order

[u/permalink_save → u/TurdWrangler2020]

Especially when they had JUST kicked the media out and right away somehow they have this state propaganda shit spun up

[u/Own_Laugh_5080 → u/TurdWrangler2020]

You know what? It is an odd coincidence that just days ago he suddenly banned a member of the press pool and the others made a grand show of support by refusing to send their own reporters.

[u/PHotstepper311]

It only has one show on it. The biggest Loser!

Thanks for the awards! Just wanted to make fun of dear (anti) leader. He’s just the worst.

[u/tracyinge → u/PHotstepper311]

I think they show Love Island Juniors, too

[u/monkeyswithknives → u/tracyinge]

Oh Damn. Hahaha

[u/uvucydydy → u/monkeyswithknives]

I think the run Predator on the weekends.

[u/QanonQuinoa → u/uvucydydy]

Whose Lie is it Anyways?

[u/spingus → u/QanonQuinoa]

Breaking Stupid

[u/treble-n-bass → u/spingus]

Touched By An Uncle

[u/pierre_x10 → u/treble-n-bass]

The Blob

[u/riffito → u/spingus]

"Groping Bad"

[u/Phish777 → u/QanonQuinoa]

The show where everything's made up and the laws don't matter

[u/saintdudegaming → u/Phish777]

Scenes from an Ass

Helping (Tiny) Hands

and Melania's favorite .... HoeDown

[u/marvinrabbit → u/QanonQuinoa]

Spunky Brewster.

[u/SaltyMagician4124 → u/marvinrabbit]

Ow! My balls!

[u/CollegeMiddle6841 → u/SaltyMagician4124]

Sponsored by Buttfuckers, A FAMILY RESTAURANT FOR PEOPLE.

[u/Deviant-Knowledge-8 → u/uvucydydy]

"to release a predator"

[u/MobileArtist1371 → u/Deviant-Knowledge-8]

To Elect A Predator

[u/LHRCheshire → u/uvucydydy]

We all know the predator in question is too fat to run

[u/CoolAndCringe → u/tracyinge]

I heard they picked up Toddlers & Tiaras

[u/YVR-n-PDX → u/tracyinge]

Oh no 😵

[u/Iron_Wolf123 → u/tracyinge]

And reruns of The Apprentice. Sadly the platform only had the rights to the title

[u/FlaGator → u/PHotstepper311]

That is an aged reference that landed with me 

[u/not_a_moogle → u/FlaGator]

Im shocked leopards havent eaten jillians face yet

[u/Appropriate_Ride_821 → u/PHotstepper311]

Orange Is The New Black

[u/cyklone → u/PHotstepper311]

and Americans Dumbest Criminal

[u/lilacmuse1 → u/[deleted]]

It's the only possible way MAGA will believe he's gone.

[u/Mr__O__ → u/lilacmuse1]

Completely. I wonder how many different plans Thiel and JD have thought up.. prob will do it in a way to blame Dems to ignite the magats. A last ditch effort before their mob consumes them for making gas too expensive.

Would love Trump to get paranoid about it.

[u/shinobi6siege → u/Mr__O__]

Same shit they're doing with Mitch McConnell. Pretend he's completely ok when he clearly isn't. Weekend at Bernie's shit. Then when that fails, AI

[u/DraculasDog → u/Mr__O__]

In between all the sex they’re having with each other?

[u/g_pelly → u/DraculasDog]

Are there no more couches?

[u/sofa_king_awesome → u/g_pelly]

It’s animals they like to fuck, now.

[u/DraculasDog → u/sofa_king_awesome]

Goddammit, are they joining the FBI?

[u/g_pelly → u/sofa_king_awesome]

So couches have been unseated... got it.

[u/dan504pir → u/Mr__O__]

That's why Theil is in Argentina until this resolves.

[u/Stoned-Capone → u/Mr__O__]

Theyre gonna wire him up to NeuroLink once they get done testing it on Mitch McConnell

[u/MrBigglesssworth → u/lilacmuse1]

You’re talking about the same people who tried to convince us that Biden had died long ago, and the person in office was a body double

[u/DryerCoinJay → u/MrBigglesssworth]

Just today there was a post on that conspiracy sub talking about Charlie Kirk. One of the top comments was about how he is still alive, so not to worry. Him and Epstien hangin out together somewhere.

I shit you not.

[u/the_ballmer_peak → u/DryerCoinJay]

If I were a religious person, I would absolutely believe that Charlie and Jeff were together.

...somewhere

[u/ishpatoon1982 → u/DryerCoinJay]

That's just...oh Lord.

[u/walkingonradiation → u/MrBigglesssworth]

They also thought JFK Jr was going to come back to life and run as his VP.

[u/AusToddles → u/lilacmuse1]

"Nah man that was AI"

Bet on it

[u/LuvKrahft → u/lilacmuse1]

Some of them are so far gone they’ll be awaiting resurrection at this point.

[u/CallmeMefford → u/[deleted]]

Me too. But once it happens, it’ll circle the globe via all comms in a matter of seconds. We’ll all be celebrating within minutes of each other. 🎊 🎉 🎈

[u/3qtpint → u/CallmeMefford]

Damn, if it happens behind closed doors, there's a chance some other nation's intel will break the news to the world

[u/wheelz5ce → u/CallmeMefford]

Fireworks went off yesterday early evening in my neighborhood and I SPRINTED to my phone to check the news.

[u/le127 → u/[deleted]]

I'm thinking that when the magic moment does arrive you won't need a TV or online connection to hear the news. All the yelling, singing, hornblowing, along with the dancing in the streets will let you know the time has come.

[u/I_Died_Once → u/le127]

No shit, this past 4th of July, I didn't feel like the country deserved a birthday party, so I didn't set off the fireworks I got. I shall hold on to them until something worth celebrating happens.

You think people will put 2 and 2 together when they hear the fireworks going off that night?

[u/Hair_I_Go → u/I_Died_Once]

I think it would be amazing to hear/see fireworks 💥 when it happens in my neighborhood. Great idea

[u/urbanlife78 → u/[deleted]]

🤞

[u/Biglyugebonespurs → u/[deleted]]

He will have, indeed, finally done something to make America great again.

[u/Informal_Tell78 → u/[deleted]]

There is a parody account to counter Trump TV

https://www.youtube.com/@EpsteinTV

[u/bdog59600 → u/[deleted]]

And he strokes out making the same stupid face he uses when he mocks people with disabilities.

[u/Loo-Hoo-Zuh-Er → u/[deleted]]

With high quality audio of him shitting himself

[u/chantsnone → u/[deleted]]

I got a 3 day ban for saying almost the exact same thing one time!

[u/theangrierunicorn → u/[deleted]]

Hope you don't watch every live appearance because of FOMO.

[u/Boring_and_sons → u/[deleted]]

That's just happening all the time. He's his own colostomy bag.

[u/revolvingpresoak9640 → u/theangrierunicorn]

That’s what YouTube is for.

[u/cowboi]

I’m still waiting to hear: What have you actually done besides enrich yourself and those around you? Because if your definition of “winning” comes at everyone else’s expense, that isn’t a victory for the people you’re supposed to represent.

[u/boomgoon → u/cowboi]

Got to love his rallies for other people running the maga race, where he gets 1.5 hrs on stage to be belligerent and the candidate gets 13 minutes with Trump standing next to them rambling and everyone else if they dont get interrupted by trump gets 10 minutes

[u/ScurvyTurtle → u/boomgoon]

Don't forget, the candidate he's rallying for is lucky if Trump only bad-mouths him 1-3 times.

[u/CaptainAwesome06 → u/ScurvyTurtle]

"This guy right here is a terrific guy. He's also a fat piece of shit and his wife is ugly as hell. Not like me at all. But you should vote for him. He's great. Fat. But great. But also fat."

[u/No_big_whoop → u/ScurvyTurtle]

And gets zero money. Trump steals from everyone including his own political party

[u/FloatingFaintly → u/cowboi]

"What a nasty stupid question. I've done more for this country than anyone in history. Next question.. from someone less nasty, right folks?"

[u/cowboi → u/FloatingFaintly]

To not for.... Would be true

[u/blahblah19999 → u/cowboi]

We already know what he'll say. Eight Wars won, 150 trillion dollars in Investments on its way to the United States in two weeks, 100 million immigrants kicked out of the country, 100 million fentanyl deaths prevented, Etc...

[u/neutrino71 → u/blahblah19999]

Those are some rookie numbers for fentanyl death prevention. Pam Bondi claimed the administration has prevented 285 million deaths from Fentanyl by May of 2025.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/pam-bondi-fentanyl-experts-say-attorney-general-claims-false-implausible-misleading/

[u/PinHaunting7192 → u/blahblah19999]

Sometimes I genuinely ask myself if he actually comes up with this crap on the spot or whether these are the numbers his advisors keep telling him to keep him happy and complacent.

[u/Bill_Brasky_SOB → u/PinHaunting7192]

I think his advisors give him a largely fictitious number… and then he doubles it during his ramblings.

Which would be a huge win for him, cuz I personally don’t think he knows how to multiply.

[u/BallBearingBill → u/cowboi]

He rambled all his accomplishment lies at the UN assembly. It was head scratching how he just says things with no facts whatsoever.

[u/duzies → u/BallBearingBill]

aka "Trump's Greatest Shits."

[u/threemo → u/cowboi]

You’re right, I’m starting to think he might not have Americans’ best interest at heart. Very illuminating

[u/DrBoots]

"Trump’s deputy assistant Kaelan Dorr moaned that “the press, in some cases, reported inaccurately or not at all on the Administration’s many record-breaking accomplishments,”

I won't be a cheerleader for most major news networks. But I'll point out it's not their job to apply turd polish to your disaster of an administration. 

[u/Tsobe_RK → u/DrBoots]

Are these record breaking accomplishments in the room with us Kaelan

[u/ac_cossack → u/Tsobe_RK]

They aren't good records.

[u/VioletTrick → u/ac_cossack]

Several billion dollars into the coffers of a sitting US president is certainly record breaking though.

[u/GoodIdea321 → u/ac_cossack]

Most corrupt, most money stolen, most values betrayed, etc.

[u/kent_eh → u/Tsobe_RK]

record breaking accomplishments

Worst

President

Evar.

[u/ConstableAssButt → u/Tsobe_RK]

Trump is widely known for his ability to shred public records.

[u/Dramatic_Charity_979 → u/Tsobe_RK]

record breaking accomplishments corruption (ভ_ ভ)

[u/DailyUnderFlow → u/DrBoots]

"...the Administration’s many record-breaking accomplishments"

Yeah if there were any at all except there are none besides the obvious lies they spew. Do they really except the press to report their lies as if it's the truth? The only good things that come out during the time of this administration were put in place by the previous administration and they just take credit for it despite it not being their accomplishment.

Honestly I don't think the press does enough to point out their lies and bullshit. The daily headlines should start with "The disastrous failed administration led by traitorous felon child rapist says..."

[u/ManaSpike → u/DailyUnderFlow]

To be fair, Trump is absolutely breaking records. In corruption, insider trading, nepotism, ...

[u/maliki2004 → u/DrBoots]

I saw CNN and msnow reporting on the record breaking diesel prices and approval numbers

[u/StoppableHulk → u/DrBoots]

I struggle to even imagine how rock bottom fucking stupid you have to be to keep defending Donald Trump on record at this late stage in the game.

[u/Kroas → u/DrBoots]

We lt is fox news specifc job for that.

[u/Heathmeisterr]

I mean who comes up with these stupid ideas? State run tv?

[u/gitrjoda → u/Heathmeisterr]

North Korea

[u/svekasy → u/gitrjoda]

Russia.

[u/pinkfartlek → u/svekasy]

Nazi Germany

[u/SlowLikeHoney09 → u/pinkfartlek]

George Orwell

[u/ThisShitSucksDonkeys → u/SlowLikeHoney09]

Doubleplusgood

[u/jim_cap → u/SlowLikeHoney09]

Orwell, like many speculative authors, was writing about what he'd already seen. People who think 1984 somehow predicted the world as it is now have failed to understand it described a part of the world as it already was then.

[u/GalmOneCipher → u/pinkfartlek]

Panem from The Hunger Games

[u/VicDough → u/svekasy]

China

[u/GravyMcBiscuits → u/VicDough]

I know this one!

(d) All of the above

[u/BurnieSandturds → u/gitrjoda]

Literally America.

[u/cptnamr7 → u/Heathmeisterr]

We already have Fox for that. At least when an R is in office anyway

[u/LMGDiVa → u/Heathmeisterr]

10 Year old boys who don't like their mom telling them No.

[u/BZLuck → u/LMGDiVa]

13 year old rich boys who thought their babysitters "owed" them.

[u/D88J → u/Heathmeisterr]

Never heard of Trump steak, Trump water, Trump University and all the other fail Trump products? Seems like everything with Trump on it eventually fails.

[u/Ghost_of_a_Black_Cat → u/D88J]

Here's a list that is a bit more definitive:

Note: Trump managed to bankrupt an entire football league where he only owned one team. How does one person even accomplish this?

• Trump Steaks

• GoTrump.com (travel search engine)

• Trump Shuttle (airlines)

• Trump Vodka 1.0 (Eric just mentioned that they will be firing off a second attempt soon, so get ready for shitty vodka 2.0)

• Trump Mortgage

• Trump Fragrances ("Success", "Empire", etc.)

• Trump: The Game

• Trump Magazine

• Trump University (this was investigated by several states for fraud and had multiple class actions against it. The plaintiffs prevailed in their actions against Trump University and Trump personally)

• Trump Ice (bottled water)

• Trump Communications (Trumpnet)

• Trump Boat Racing (Trump killed one racer and injured another by moving the race to Atlantic city's choppy waters in a bid to bring traffic to his failing casinos. Half the racers failed to finish)

• The New Jersey Generals (he bankrupted the entire football league with this one. He then convinced the USFL to spend $1.7 billion to sue the NFL on anti-trust grounds. The USFL "won" and was awarded nominal damages of $1. Prevailing plaintiffs are awarded what is called treble damages in anti-trust cases, so the actual damages award was $3, which only makes it more hilarious. If that is a trump "win" I don't want to see his many, many losses.)

• Tour de Trump 

• Trump Mattress

• Trump Power and Trump Fire (fruit juices that never made it to production)

• Trump American Pale Ale (never launched; failed before it even got started)

• Trump Home ("luxury" home goods)

• TD Trump Deutschland

• Trump Network (this "business" sold private, in- home urine tests called 'PrivaTest', and it was supposed to help you figure out what vitamins you were missing).

• Trumped! 

• Trump Foundation (he stole donations intended for children with cancer, and is now barred from ever operating a charity in the state of New York)

These filed for bankruptcy:

• Trump Taj Mahal Associates (this was fined $500k, and later $10 million for laundering money for the Russian mob)

• Trump World's Fair

• Trump Castle Hotel and Casino

• Trump Marina

• Trump Plaza (he continually told people he owned this for years after Citibank foreclosed on it)

• Trump Entertainment Resorts (twice, in 2009 and 2014)

And now, in 2026, Trump TV.

[u/Wolf_Unlikely → u/Heathmeisterr]

The people testing the boundaries of what parts of our society/country will and won't accept. Everything is being monitored and your input ... never mind that's some conspiracy shit. When's the next Marvel movie?

[u/Competitive-Pea-9330 → u/Heathmeisterr]

I mean, a lot of well functioning democracies (or at least, relatively so) have public broadcasts. In most countries they're still the prime broadcaster and by far the most popular one. The USA is an outlier in that regard, with PBS being an afterthought in most households. There's of course a difference between a public broadcaster and state run media.

[u/tinylittlemarmoset → u/Competitive-Pea-9330]

The British commonwealth national networks like bbc, abc, and cbc as well as tvnz etc are owned by the people and government funded, but they are editorially independent of the government, and that keeps them (at least in theory) independent of other interests as well. Those outlets are probably your best bet for a free press, and it’s very different from what most people mean when they say “state media”, ie regime control of content.

[u/Hair_I_Go → u/Heathmeisterr]

Steven Miller

[u/Galliagamer]

Doesn’t matter, Trump will declare it was the most successful launch ever, millions watched, highest ratings, numbers like.no one has ever seen!!!

Edit: Thanks for the reward, kind stranger!

[u/TriangleWins → u/Galliagamer]

Truly, the numbers are like no one has seen (it)

[u/veemonjosh → u/Galliagamer]

And 30% of the country will believe him. Even though they aren't watching either.

[u/baatezu → u/Galliagamer]

Big, strong men with tears in their eyes said “SIR, this is the best TV I have ever seen”

[u/SugarDaddyDirty]

Just call it PedoTv

[u/Kasoni → u/SugarDaddyDirty]

Subscribers might be upset that they are watching another pedo and not programming made for them.

[u/kstargate-425 → u/SugarDaddyDirty]

When they inevitably buy view bots to artificially inflate the numbers to make it look like more people are watching when they aren't, call them PedoBots

[u/DadJokeBadJoke → u/SugarDaddyDirty]

Since it's all Donald Trump coverage, they should call it Don-T-watch

[u/BeerBatteredBacon]

It won’t be about the viewership. It’ll be about the random company that buys it out two months from now at way over its value. And that company will then receive favorable treatment from this administration. It might not even be a company involved in media right now.

[u/Bibble3000 → u/BeerBatteredBacon]

It's going to merge with Paramount and replace CBS News

[u/kitsunewarlock → u/BeerBatteredBacon]

It's not even a company. It's a youtube channel, a domain name (he bought in 2016), and a page on whitehouse.gov

[u/obeytheturtles → u/kitsunewarlock]

Right, and in three weeks someone who wants something, like permission to exterminate the last breeding population of desert tortoise so they can open a uranium mine upstream of the only fresh water which serves the biggest orphanage in New Mexico, will pay $100M for the rights to the channel.

[u/cloken85 → u/BeerBatteredBacon]

This is it

[u/IJourden]

That's the thing... Talk to any Trump supporter you know. Ask them the last time they sat through one of his speeches.

Most of the Trump supporters I know have never really heard him talk at all. It's just the the 15-second clips Fox News feeds them

[u/lizards_snails_etc → u/IJourden]

I have listened to whole speeches and press conferences. That's why I donate to the complete opposite of him.

[u/swissdonair_enjoyer → u/lizards_snails_etc]

one time my dad was telling me how i have "TDS" and how i probably have never even listened to one of his speeches. the one immediately after his inauguration where he blamed DEI for a helicopter crash hours after it happened came to mind. i listened to the entire half an hour of rambling bullshit.

the UN speech was a doozy too.

no dad, i'm just not as fucking stupid as you are, i guess.

[u/sokolov22 → u/swissdonair_enjoyer]

And if you talk about what he says they will say you have TDS for focusing on what he says instead of what he has done.

[u/katosen27 → u/sokolov22]

"I like Trump for saying exactly what he means."

quotes something problematic Trump said recently

"Well, you took him out of context, what he meant was-"

[u/Permafox → u/lizards_snails_etc]

You're stronger than me, I'm sorry to admit. 

[u/DownWithHisShip → u/IJourden]

It's just the the 15-second clips Fox News feeds them

it's just the freedom to be hateful and racist. they don't actually know anything about politics.

[u/TemperatureSimilar71 → u/IJourden]

don’t forget relying on Tiktok to hear short clips of his speeches 

[u/bitemy → u/[deleted]]

You are so right. He probably thought, "I just banned several networks so now everybody HAS to watch my Only Hams channel."

[u/ReverendDizzle → u/[deleted]]

This is right up there with Elon's obsession with x.com and eventually buying Twitter to rename it X.

Some people just... cannot let go of stupid fucking ideas.

[u/BuckManscape]

Who would’ve thought a hastily thrown together, fly by night, totally unheard of broadcast tv network that only deals in corrupt partisan fantasy and lies would fail spectacularly?

Edit: not broadcast, youtube evidently.

[u/DadJokeBadJoke → u/BuckManscape]

broadcast tv network

Isn't it just a Youtube channel?

[u/BuckManscape → u/DadJokeBadJoke]

I don’t know and I don’t care, because I will never watch it.

[u/MamaBearMME]

The “neckgina” in the thumbnail pic should be blurred. It’s quite aggressive.

[u/RuffneckDaA → u/MamaBearMME]

It looks like someone shoved ground beef in an oyster. I have no idea how else to explain what I’m seeing.

[u/MattyBeatz]

I love that for him.

[u/thesagaconts]

His popularity is dropping. I used to drive past the MAGA house on the way to work. Trump signs, maga signs, a don’t tread on me flag. All taken down. Inflation is outta control and he hasn’t don’t shit about. The GOP is failing and they know it. 

[u/SplashyTetraspore]

He’ll just cry fake news fake news

[u/costofgivingup]

On The Couch w/ JD Vance: an all-new after dark exploration of pleasure and politics.

[u/GaryTheThird- → u/costofgivingup]

"a little slap and tickle, with the cushions in the middle. A JD Vance Story"

[u/HandSack135]

Wow shocking that the TV businessman

Who was propped up by a guy who knew TV and and business

Failed at TV.

[u/Tay2823]

Tell him it’s successful so we never have to hear him talk on other platforms ever again

[u/BHarp3r]

Release the Trump Epstein files on there, bet that gets the viewer count up

[u/I_am_BrokenCog]

This isn't a surprise ...

It's not surprising the King of Narcissism doesn't realize other people have zero interest in him.

Nor is it surprising that his 30 percent (and declining) fanatic portion of the population don't have any interest in listening or watching him.

They never have.

They only voted for him because they want to burn everything down. And, rather understandably.

His "base" is not the same as his financial backers who are also not the same as his "foreign handlers".

This term he has largely shirked off the yoke of Putin -- whether for show or not remains to be seen, he still seems to support Russian Oligarch interests adequately enough. Putin's interest is destabilization and long term societal turmoil which he can exploit.

The billionaires funding his campaigns have an agenda -- authoritarianism and corporate feudalism.

None of that is a surprise.

And, it really shouldn't be a surprise why voters chose MAGA. They are people who believe a "Great Reset" will magically put them back on top of the social hierarchy AND preserve their "way of life".

The delusional thinking required to progress from legitimate social concerns about corporations offshoring manufacturing, and other valid socio-economic concerns up to believing "the libs are out to get me", requires profound biases and confabulation.

But, trumpff said it himself: the easiest way to get elected would be Conservatives ... because they're stupid.

[u/onimush115]

Was there actually anyone other than Trump himself that thought this would actually be a success?

[u/NotYoGuru]

I’m not clicking on Dailybeast. 

[u/tracyinge → u/NotYoGuru]

8000 people tuned into Trump tv and after a couple of hours only 996 were still watching.

so, like 20 trumpers in every state

that's the whole article

[u/Nisi-Marie → u/tracyinge]

I searched for on YouTube and then immediately reported it for hate speech

[u/Forward_Criticism_39 → u/Nisi-Marie]

if only youtube cared about that at all

[u/Homers_Harp → u/Forward_Criticism_39]

YouTube does care. Now they know to add this channel to their recommendation algorithm as a priority. I'm constantly amazed on my rare visits to YouTube how quickly it starts recommending right-wing content. I'm, like, I'm just here for the NFL highlights and the odd comedy bit, maybe find a jazz track to post on r / jazz…

[u/mockg → u/tracyinge]

Thats pretty bad. I figured Russia or China would throw at least a few thousand bots at this.

[u/addiktion → u/mockg]

Too many bot outages from all those Ukrainian fuel disruptions

[u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 → u/NotYoGuru]

Thanks for the downvote notice. Fuck TDB. Why won't the mods ban it here‽

[u/enhancedgibbon → u/Acceptable-Bus-2017]

As soon as I see the source I ignore, but I come to read the comments to ensure people are still calling out this shit rag of a site. It's like the newsmax from the other end of the spectrum.

[u/diecorporations]

All garbage all the time

[u/tracyinge]

wow 8000 nutjobs tuned in to Trump TV.

[u/PsychStud1 → u/tracyinge]

Lol knowing them 90% of those numbers were bots

[u/tracyinge → u/PsychStud1]

nah bots would have kept watching and all but 996 of them turned it off by 10:45pm

[u/davasaur]

They ran the numbers. Trump always says that, which means he pulled it out of his ass and that's what the Daily Beast does as well. Yeah, trump TV is a guaranteed flop just like everything he touches but Project 2025 is running full steam ahead and I wish this left wing Brietbart would fuck off with their yellow journalism.

[u/fluffysmaster]

And that includes folks who just checked it out for lolz. Numbers will sink further in a couple days.

[u/Opposite_Elephant620]

Revers Midas. Everything he touches turns to shit.

[u/PhiCloud]

10pm in California and they have 500 viewers.

As much fun as it is to laugh at his incompetence, I cry knowing this this still probably costed tens of millions in taxpayer funds that could have gone to healthcare, housing or environmental regulation. Trump has such a talent for turning things into shit.

[u/Low-Helicopter-2696]

I would imagine this entity will go public, propped up by some sham investment, and the Trump family will be billions more off of it

[u/FonJellin]

Think it will carry SOUTHPARK reruns?

[u/Stunning_Grocery_762]

The fact that these media outlets didn't realize they had this power before is a little concerning. All he cares about is his microphone. Take the microphone away. Simple.

[u/JustineDelarge]

His throat makes me think of a 90-year-old woman, is all I'm saying, and I DON'T WANT TO THINK OF THAT.

[u/cooltapes]

I
REALLY
DONT
CARE
DO U?

[u/weezo182]

I knew it would happen either way but they launched at the same time as Monday night football. 🤣 this administration are such fucking morons

[u/Exact_Platypus5179]

Um no, Predator Trump said One trillion people watched! And he did a backflip! And he’s totally NOT a serial pedophile rapist.

[u/nightwing12]

I’m sure most people are happy to not have to hear from him on the daily

[u/Onikonokage]

Oh god. I just looked at that station now. Rambling like lunatic to himself with a little over 50,000 likes. Just 25th the guy already.

[u/ontheroadtv]

My conspiracy theory is that he knows it’s going to happen soon and doesn’t want it on tv, that’s why he picked a fight with the media and why it’s a problem that there is no pool coverage right now. There should be 10x more cameras on him than ever before (for when it happens)

[u/No_Throat_2356]

Hang on …  He announced he was booting CNN, MSNBC, et al out of the WH Press room last Friday. Saturday their badges didn’t work. 

Monday morning the networks announced they wouldn’t cover him anymore & he had that dumb ribbon cutting w/no audio. 

Monday night the White House announced the launch of Trump TV to great ridicule and condemnation. 

Today is Tuesday. 

So they basically had some PR intern work over the weekend & yesterday probably using AI to gather & upload random year-old Trump clips to a YouTube channel/stream, and that’s what’s supposed to pass for “news from the White House” now? 

It’s not “state-run tv” - it’s the same shitty juvenile half-assed incompetence we always get from this administration, destroying cherished U.S. institutions and replacing them with utter garbage. 

[u/jblatta]

most already want to think and hear as little as possible about this turd blossom and he thinks people will seek his coverage out? This is what I have been hoping for, ignore him, give him no media coverage and wait until he implodes.

[u/BigAcanthocephala637]

WHY ARE MY TAX DOLLARS PAYING FOR THIS?

[u/DT-Sodium]

Please put a NSFW tags when using this ugly face as a post thumb.

[u/CMGCookie]

Pedophile programming at its best.

Right Repubs?

[u/AlarmingAd11]

starting a whole tv channel just to discover people arent watching is kinda brutal

[u/Vegetable-Log-9608]

These fascists actually thought this would work?

[u/Evil_phd]

Incoming useless EO mandating an hour of Trump TV per day for every American.