Trump TV Less Popular Than a Black Screen as Viewers Flee

Tom Brenner / Getty Images The president’s “Trump TV” is being humbled on YouTube by pedicure streams and channels that loop videos of a whirring box fan.

President Donald Trump, amid much bluster, told the world he didn’t need the press when the White House launched his “channel,” which is actually just a YouTube livestream, on Monday.

That came after he unceremoniously banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, and then NBC, ABC, CBS, and even Fox News suspended their pooled coverage of Trump in solidarity.

“Trump TV,” billed as an “essential” one-stop shop for all the president’s successes, opened to around 8,500 viewers.

On Thursday morning, the Daily Beast recorded a new nadir: just 389 viewers.

Granted, this was at 3.20 a.m.

Eastern.

However, other livestreams running at the same time don’t appear to have the same issues drumming up interest.

Take ‘DJ Grossman’ for example.

This creator shares streams to help people sleep, though reruns of Trump’s old speeches might be effective in that regard.

Grossman’s 24-hour stream of a box fan on its highest speed setting is currently humiliating Trump.

“ Box Fan - High Speed, Black Screen 💨⬛ • Live 24/7 • No mid-roll ads ,” at the time of writing, is being enjoyed by over 1,500 people.

Trump’s stream was pulling in fewer than 400.

At the time of writing, the broadcast is a chat between Health Secretary Robert F.