Former President Donald Trump touted the dubious viewership numbers for his interview with former Fox News star Tucker Carlson but video metrics appear to show that far more people watched the Fox News Republican debate.
Carlson posted the 46-minute interview, pre-taped at the former president's golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, on X, formerly Twitter, just minutes before the first GOP debate began airing on the conservative network Wednesday night. The interview garnered upwards of 75 million views on the platform the night it went live, according to X's view counter, and hundreds more since.
