Nick Fuentes on appearing on Tim Pool's show: “He said, ‘I'm not here to provide pushback or whatever’”
Fuentes: “They were very gracious towards me. They were very friendly, shook my hand, nothing but respectful.”
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From the January 20, 2026, edition of America First, streamed on Rumble
NICK FUENTES (HOST): Well, you know, it would have been a bigger show, but he did it after everybody already did it. So, don’t get me wrong, I had a great time. They were very gracious towards me. They were very friendly, shook my hand, nothing but respectful.
And what I really appreciated is Tim [Pool] said, he said, “I'm not going to bring you on for a struggle session.” He said, “We're going to do the show like we always do the show. You're on the panel. We're talking about the news.” He said, “I'm not here to provide pushback or whatever.” And I thought that was pretty admirable.
That being said, and I only say this because I want to give everybody the best show possible, it would have been a much bigger deal if we did it two years ago. Not for nothing, but if we did that collaboration two years ago, it would have been a showstopper. January 2026, it's like, I don't know, people have been asking for it for so long, I think a lot of people moved on.
And it got good viewership. I guess it had 65,000 concurrent viewers across platforms. It was still a substantial stream, but I think there was a lot more buzz for it maybe a couple years ago. In his defense, he would have lost his YouTube channel or it would have gotten taken down. I get that.
But I thought it was a lot of fun. I like those guys. It was funny, you know. A lot -- It's a funny cast of characters. The Tate [Brown] guy is funny. Ian [Crossland] is hilarious. I really like him. I know Phil [Labonte] isn't my biggest fan, but we wound up agreeing on a lot of things. Same thing with me and Tim, so I had a good time.