Standard podcaster Joe Rogan has formally endorsed Donald Trump for president — not that it comes as a lot of a shock.
Rogan introduced his backing of Trump, coming a day earlier than Election Day on Nov. 5, in posting an impromptu episode of podcast with Elon Musk, the mega-billionaire and ardent Trump supporter.
On the podcast, Musk “makes what I believe is essentially the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him each step of the way in which,” Rogan stated in a submit on X, which is owned by Musk. “For the file, sure, that’s an endorsement of Trump.”
In a June 2021 episode of his present, Rogan had expressed alarm about Trump within the wake of the previous president’s supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an try and disrupt the certification of President Biden’s election. “One of many the reason why I believe [Jan. 6] is essential is as a result of it highlights the the reason why a man like Donald Trump is so fucking harmful,” Rogan stated on the time. “As a result of a man can incite a bunch of morons to do one thing actually fucking silly.”
Within the submit on X, Rogan referred to as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX “The good and highly effective @elonmusk” and wrote, “If it wasn’t for him we’d be fucked.” Musk donated about $75 million to America PAC, the pro-Trump group he helped kind this summer time.
”Thanks to your endorsement, Joe Rogan — An incredible honor!” Trump wrote on X. In 2020, Rogan had endorsed Bernie Sanders for president.
Trump appeared on the Oct. 25 episode of Rogan’s podcast, and his working mate JD Vance recorded an episode with the comic/podcaster that was launched Oct. 31. Rogan had stated the marketing campaign of Democratic VP Kamala Harris supplied to make her obtainable for an interview, however just for one hour and Rogan would have needed to journey to her as a substitute of recording it at Rogan’s Austin, Texas, studio.
In August, Rogan was focused by a backlash amongst Trump supporters over Rogan’s feedback praising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Rogan had stated about RFK Jr. that “He’s the one one which is smart to me” — prompting Trump to lash out, writing in a submit on Fact Social, “It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how loudly Joe Rogan will get BOOED the subsequent time he enters the UFC Ring???” Rogan subsequently stated he was not endorsing RFK Jr. for president. Rogan added in a submit on X, “I additionally assume Trump elevating his fist and saying ‘struggle!’ after getting shot is without doubt one of the most American fucking issues of all time.”
On Monday’s podcast, Musk instructed Rogan that if “the Dems win this election, they may legalize sufficient illegals to show the swing states, and all over the place might be like California… Vote like your future. is determined by it, as a result of it does. That is the final probability.”
Musk additionally famous that girls are “outpacing” males in early voting “by a considerable margin.”
“Males must get out tomorrow and vote,” Musk stated. “You have to be choosing up all your folks and attending to the polls.”
Musk opined that electing Trump, who tried to overturn the 2020 election outcomes, was essential to preserving democracy in America. “I view this election as a fork within the street of future,” he instructed Rogan. “The rationale I’ve been politically energetic this election is as a result of if we don’t elect Trump we are going to lose democracy on this nation and the two-party system.”
Musk, sporting an “Occupy Mars” T-shirt, stated Democrats “are doing all of the issues that they’re accusing Trump of doing. The sheer variety of hoaxes that the Democrat social gathering is pushing, time and again, is insane… You may’t declare to be good in case you’re pushing hoaxes which have been debunked completely. When even Snopes says it’s a hoax, and you continue to push it, just like the ‘positive folks’ hoax, what the flying fuck?”
Musk was referring to Trump’s remarks in August 2017 through which he stated concerning the violence between white nationalist teams and “alt-left” protestors in Charlottesville, Va., that there have been “very positive folks on either side” and stated that there was “blame on either side” for the violence. As famous by fact-checking website Snopes, Trump didn’t explicitly name neo-Nazis and white nationalists “very positive folks” (and he truly stated throughout the identical press convention that “they need to be condemned completely”); Trump stated he was referring to “many individuals in that group apart from neo-Nazis and white nationalists.”
Final month, throughout Rogan’s three-hour dialogue with Trump, the previous president stated his largest mistake throughout his time within the White Home was hiring “unhealthy folks, or disloyal folks.” Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election, which he misplaced to President Biden, was “rigged.” When Rogan requested him if he was going to launch proof proving the election was “stolen,” Trump moved on to a different topic.
In an episode of “The Joe Rogan Expertise” podcast a couple of days later, Rogan mentioned his constructive impressions of Trump. “The issue with the Trump stuff is simply that the folks take a look at the inflammatory issues he says, the loopy shit, they usually outline him by that,” Rogan stated. “You even have to recollect, this can be a very weird mixture of an entertainer and a businessman… He’s like a comic, man. He says humorous shit.”
Rogan additionally marveled at the truth that Trump didn’t take a toilet break whereas recording the interview. “That is what’s loopy,” Rogan stated. “Just like the podcast was three hours lengthy. The man didn’t pee earlier than the podcast. He didn’t pee after the podcast. He simply left.”