President Trump with Tucker Carlson at his Bedminster Club in New Jersey.

The so-called competition between President Trump and the rest of the field proved to be an absolute laugher in Trump’s favor.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Trump skipped the first Republican primary debate and sit down for an online Twitter interview with Tucker Carlson which is setting records in terms of views on X (formerly Twitter).

Many analysts predicted Republicans would ditch Fox News in droves to watch the interview between America’s two leading America First populists. It turns out they were right.

CNN reported, only 11.1 million people watched the Fox News debate on the disgraced network last night. Another 1.7 million watched on Fox Business.

This is WAY down compared to August 2015 when 24 million viewers who tuned into the first Republican debate in August 2015, a historic number. One can thank President Trump for that.

Here are more reasons why last night’s debate numbers are downright pathetic for Fox News:

First, only 2.8 million people within the coveted 25-54 age demographic watch the Trump-less “competition.” The average age of the audience was 67 years old. That likely means almost half were close to 70 years old.

Second, more people watched the first Democrat debate four years ago. The Joe Biden-led field drew 15.3 million viewers across NBC, MSBNC and Telemundo back in August 2019.

Finally, the population of the United States has increased from 321 million in 2015 to 334 million today. Despite this increase, last night’s debate audience could only muster about half compared to the one eight years ago.

Meanwhile, Trump’s interview with Tucker is at approximately 245 Million views as of this writing.

LOOK:

Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump pic.twitter.com/ayPfII48CO

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 24, 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the presumed death of Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin by saying he “made serious mistakes in his life.”

Many have speculated, without evidence, that Putin was behind the plane crash that is believed to have killed Prigozhin this week.

“He made serious mistakes in his life,” Putin said before adding his “sincere condolences” to those killed in the crash.

The plane went down approximately 100 miles from Moscow on Wednesday.

According to Russia’s civilian aviation agency, Prigozhin, his right-hand man Dmitry Utkin, and eight others are believed to have been on board the flight.

“There has been no other confirmation besides the passenger list for Prigozhin and Utkin’s death,” The Hill reports. “The cause of the crash is still being investigated, but several outlets reported that an internal explosion may have brought the aircraft down.”

Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said he believes Prigozhin was on board and killed.

“Our initial assessment, based on a variety of factors, is that he was likely killed,” Ryder said during a press briefing.

Ryder declined to comment on what the US believes to have caused the crash.

The Wagner Group attempted to stage a coup against Putin in June.

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