Trump loves good ratings. He won’t find them on ‘Trump TV’

A just-launched YouTube channel that shows nothing but 24/7 Trump clips is having trouble attracting viewers.

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You can start a state television network, but you can’t make people watch.

President Donald Trump’s White House this week launched Trump TV, a 24/7 YouTube livestream of new and recycled Trump speeches and other administration events—but initial viewership has been low, and the content isn’t very compelling. Its slow start shows in real time how hard it really is to establish state media, even for a former........

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