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Former President Trump sat with Joe Rogan Friday for a three-hour interview, marking the GOP nominee’s debut connected 1 of the astir popular podcasts successful the country.
The 2 men appeared to amusement a communal admiration for 1 another, portion the erstwhile president spoke astatine magnitude astir immigration, his aggravated reliance connected tariffs for economical policy, and his unproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Rogan is 1 of the astir fashionable and arguable media personalities successful the country, with each of his episodes earning millions of downloads and often features conversations with apical newsmakers. He is peculiarly fashionable with young men, who the Trump run has specifically targeted successful the upcoming election.
Here are 5 takeaways from the interview.
Trump and Rogan deed it off
Rogan has antecedently said helium is not a Trump supporter and successful 2022 indicated helium would not beryllium funny successful having the erstwhile president connected the show. But the 2 appeared highly comfy with 1 different Friday, trading compliments and discussing their shared emotion of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events.
“You cannot beryllium voting for Kamala. You’re not a Kamala person. I cognize you. I’ve watched you," Trump told the podcast host. "You cognize what, without speaking to you I cognize you, I deliberation I cognize you, possibly astir arsenic good arsenic your wife."
He aboriginal added that helium thought Rogan knew “everything … arsenic a pupil of yours.”
“One of the beauteous things astir you is that you freeball,” Rogan said, telling the erstwhile president that helium thought his content mocking President Biden was “funny stuff.”
The 2 went connected an extended tangent astir boxing and UFC events, talking astir their communal relationship with UFC president Dana White. Rogan has worked arsenic a play-by-play announcer astatine UFC events, portion Trump has attended galore fights and was introduced by White astatine the July GOP convention.
“I privation to bash it again with you,” Trump said arsenic helium wrapped up the interview. “You are something…you are a fascinating guy.”
Trump says RFK Jr. would person medication role, but it won’t beryllium ‘environmental’
Rogan had antecedently expressed enactment for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran an autarkic White House bid earlier suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump in precocious August.
The podcast big asked Trump connected Friday whether helium was acceptable connected having Kennedy beryllium part of his administration if helium wins successful November.
“Oh I am. The lone happening I privation to beryllium a small cautious astir with him is the environmental,” Trump said. “Because you know, helium doesn’t similar oil, I emotion lipid and gas. So I’m conscionable going to support him out…I said, ‘Focus connected health. You tin bash immoderate you want.’ But I gotta beryllium a small cautious with the liquid gold.”
Trump told Rogan helium has faced pressure from immoderate not to enactment with Kennedy, citing the pharmaceutical industry. The 2 past had an extended treatment astir systemic wellness issues facing the country, with the podcast big suggesting if determination was a greater absorption connected “metabolic health,” determination wouldn’t beryllium specified a request for pharmaceutical drugs.
Rogan has successful the past drawn backlash for immoderate of his anti-vaccine rhetoric, including erstwhile helium hosted a prominent anti-vaccine influencer on his amusement successful 2022.
Kennedy has similarly drawn criticism for immoderate of his anti-vaccine comments. He has led an inaugural for the Trump run dubbed “Make America Healthy Again.”
Podcast underscores Trump entreaty to young voters
The Trump run has invested important clip and vigor courting young men, with a peculiar absorption connected the erstwhile president’s media appearances. Trump’s sit-down with Rogan was yet different hold of that strategy.
“So I person a lad who’s precise smart, and tall, Barron. And helium knows each astir you,” Trump said. “He knows astir guys I ne'er heard of…it’s a full caller satellite retired there. But you know, I’m connected TikTok now. And I’ve done truly well.”
Rogan’s podcast draws much than 15 cardinal followers connected Spotify, and his YouTube transmission boasts much than 17 cardinal subscribers. He is peculiarly fashionable with young men, and helium spoke to the concerns of younger voters during Friday’s interview.
“I deliberation young radical are rejecting a batch of this woke bullshit. Young radical are bushed of being yelled astatine and scolded,” Rogan said.
“They’re bushed of these radical that they deliberation are mentally sick telling them what they deliberation the motivation standards of nine should beryllium today…You wanna beryllium a rebel? You wanna beryllium punk rock? You wanna, like, subordinate the system? You’re a blimpish now," helium added.
A new Harvard Institute of Politics poll of voters ages 18-29 recovered Vice President Harris starring Trump by 20 percent points among young voters nether 30. Harris leads by 30 points among young women and by 10 points among young men.
Rogan gives Trump clip to aerial predetermination fraud claims
Trump has for the past 4 years refused to accept the results of the 2020 predetermination and claimed without grounds determination was wide fraud that changed the outcome. Rogan connected Friday gave the erstwhile president abstraction to explicate his claims.
“How bash you deliberation you were robbed? Everybody ever cuts you off,” Rogan said.
“What I’d alternatively bash is –we’ll bash it different time. I would bring successful papers that you would not believe. That predetermination was truthful crooked,” Trump said, astatine 1 constituent repeating the mendacious assertion that helium did not suffer successful 2020.
Pressed for examples, the erstwhile president argued that authorities legislatures did not decently o.k. changes to ballot deadlines and postulation methods. State lawmakers moved quickly in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic to set voting laws to marque it easier to ballot aboriginal and by mail.
“They utilized COVID to cheat,” Trump said.
He further claimed that a missive from dozens of erstwhile quality agents asserting that a laptop belonging to the president's son, Hunter Biden, that was revealed successful the closing weeks of the 2020 run was Russian disinformation outgo him capable votes to flip the predetermination for Biden.
Trump went connected to reason that utilizing insubstantial ballots would defender against fraud, and the erstwhile president and Rogan agreed that states should enact elector ID laws.
The GOP nominee has routinely invoked his distrust successful the 2020 results astatine run rallies, calling the predetermination “rigged” oregon fraudulent. Democrats have warned Trump poses a menace to ideology due to the fact that of his refusal to judge the results.
The erstwhile president and his allies brought galore lawsuits aft the 2020 predetermination alleging fraud, but they were dismissed due to the fact that of deficiency of grounds oregon deficiency of standing. Trump has been indicted in Washington, D.C., connected national charges implicit his efforts to stay successful powerfulness aft losing the election.
Trump opines connected extraterrestrial beingness and UFOs
Rogan has repeatedly shown an involvement successful the imaginable of aliens and UFOs connected his show, and helium utilized his interrogation with Trump to property the erstwhile president connected what helium knew from his clip successful office.
“What did they archer you? How overmuch tin you tell?” Rogan asked.
“It’s ne'er been my thing. I person to beryllium honest," Trump replied. "I’ve ne'er been a believer."
The erstwhile president recounted interviewing pilots who claimed they saw circular objects moving rapidly done the sky.
“I get that question arsenic overmuch arsenic astir immoderate question. ‘Do you deliberation we person aliens flying astir oregon whatever,’” helium said. “There’s nary crushed not to — I mean there’s nary crushed not to deliberation that Mars and each these planets don’t person life... Well, possibly it’s beingness that we don’t know.”
Unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) burst into the spotlight last twelvemonth pursuing grounds from 3 erstwhile Defense Department officials who told a House panel’s nationalist information subcommittee that sightings of UAPs could airs nationalist information risks.
