I mean, obviously, in a way, since much of the world is pro Trump, but the viewcount would've shown people how influential a long term sit-down chat is. Besides just letting people see / listen to Trump have a cognizant 3 hour conversation, as witty as ever, it's the closest thing to a REAL poll of who's watching and where across the states.

YouTube probably freaked out a bit, seeing as Alphabet is one of the biggest Kamala donors. And unfortunately it perhaps had them dial in their election interference plans, as they can probably see / use the watch data to target specific regions for nefarious interference. The reposting by the JRE team of the interview on X was a smart move