Trump Cancels All His Events in Favor of One of the Worst People Ever
After backing out of several major interviews at the last minute, Donald Trump has one last major appearance on the horizon: The Joe Rogan Experience.
The Republican presidential nominee will be meeting with the former Fear Factor host on Friday, reported Politico. It’ll be the first time that Trump has appeared on Rogan’s podcast.
Over the last several months, Trump has made a concerted effort to reach young, male voters by signing up for a slew of interviews with podcasters, including Twitch ban-ee Adin Ross; the Lex Fridman Podcast; Six Feet Under, hosted by wrestler Mark Calaway (perhaps better known as The Undertaker); and Theo Von’s podcast, This Past Weekend.
Meanwhile, Trump has aggressively dodged more mainstream news appearances, including going so far as to break election tradition by refusing to sit for a 60 Minutes interview in September, which he reportedly backed out of last-minute over fears that the rigorous show would fact-check him.
Rogan shared an odd moment with Trump in August, when the podcasting behemoth appeared to side with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the MAGA leader before the independent presidential candidate bent the knee to Trump. Trump then chose to clap back, writing on Truth Social that he was looking forward to Rogan getting “booed” at a UFC tournament.
Following the first presidential debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris last month, Rogan gave the Democratic presidential nominee her flowers, commenting on air that whoever helped coach her had done a “fucking amazing job.”
“See, the difference in that debate was not a difference in, like, who’s gonna have better policies? Who’s gonna be better for the country?” Rogan told comedian Tom Segura at the time. “The … debate, in my opinion, was who was better prepared. She was way better prepared.”
Harris has also been in talks to sit down with Rogan for an interview, reported Reuters.