Reacting to criticism of the town hall, Trump said “many minds were changed on Wednesday night by listening to Common Sense, and sheer ‘Brilliance.’”
Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap Thursday, bragging about the “sky high ratings” for his town hall appearance on CNN Wednesday. “People are criticizing CNN for giving me a Forum to tell the TRUTH,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “I believe it was a very smart thing that they did, with Sky High Ratings that they haven’t seen in a very long time. It was by far the biggest Show of the night, the week, and the month!”
CNN, which has languished in third place behind MSNBC and Fox News Channel, jumped into first place Wednesday night, with its controversial Trump town hall delivering a total audience of 3.264 million viewers. CNN also drew more than 2 million viewers in the hours before and immediately after the town hall. CNN slipped back into third place in the 10 p.m. ET hour, but still had an audience well above its recent average, 1.
