If you recall, early on in the 2024 election, Joe Rogan did not want to interview Trump on his podcast.
He eventually changed his mind due to a combination of factors. He explained the details during an appearance on the ‘Ultimate Human’ podcast.
The clip below is from earlier this year but it just became available this week.
FOX News has more:
Podcaster Joe Rogan spoke candidly about how a series of political revelations persuaded him to interview then-candidate Donald Trump in the 11th hour of the 2024 election.
The 2024 presidential election was dubbed by some to be the “podcast election,” as many suggested that Trump’s appearances on numerous podcasts popular with young men swayed the outcome. The biggest example of all was Trump’s interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” in late October, which currently has 59 million views.
In a newly released interview conducted earlier this year, “Ultimate Human” podcast host Gary Brecka noted how Rogan was initially hesitant to interview Trump on his show, and asked him what eventually changed his mind.
“Well, there was a bunch of things that happened,” Rogan said. “First of all, there was the lawfare. There was these lawsuits that they were trying to pin on him. They were trying to convict him and turn him into a felon, and they were doing it so blatantly and obviously. The case with the bookkeeping error or the bookkeeping, whatever it was. The misdemeanor that they had charged him with 34 felonies for, which isn’t even a felony. It’s a misdemeanor, and it’s also past the statute of limitations. None of it made any sense. And people were cheering it on. ‘He’s a convicted felon.’”
Here’s the clip:
Joe Rogan explains why he finally interviewed Trump in 2024: “First of all, there was the lawfare… They were trying to convict him and turn him into a felon. And they were doing it so blatantly and obviously… And then when they tried to k*ll him.”pic.twitter.com/haNfidAqDU
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One thing is for sure. The Trump episode of the Rogan podcast was historic and will be watched and talked about for years to come.
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