Donald Trump will record his interview with Joe Rogan today at Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas. But it is not yet known when the much-awaited episode will be released. Rogan has more than 14 million followers on Spotify and is one of the industry’s most popular hosts and the Trump-Rogan interview might be Trump’s closing pitch ahead of the election on November 5.
Earlier, it was reported that Kamala Harris’ team was also in touch with Rogan but now it has been confirmed that 57-year-old Rogan will be interviewing only Trump, not Harris.
In the past few days Trump backed out of several interviews like 60 Minutes and drew fatigue flak from the Kamala Harris campaign but he will not be missing the Rogan show and it will also be the first time that Trump appears on Rogan’s podcast.
On Wednesday, Trump told Fox News Radio, “I do a lot of shows. Good, bad or indifferent. I do a lot of shows and they come out good.”
Trump appeared on the shows of several podcasters like Adin Ross, the Lex Friedman Podcast, Six Feed Under, This Past Weekend etc.
Trump’s appearance at the Rogan show will have its moment as not long before Joe Rogan supported RFK Jr’s candidacy over Trump before Kennedy Jr opted out of the race and endorsed Donald Trump. Trump did not take Rogan’s support to Kennedy Jr lightly and said he was looking forward to Rogan getting booed at a UFC tournament.
Rogan also praised Kamala Harris’ debate performance and said whoever helped coached 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.”
In 2022, Rogan said he did not want to help Trump electorally because he was “an existential threat to democracy”.
A New Jersey native, Rogan began his career as a stand-up comedian in the Boston area before relocating to California in the 1990s. He was one of the first comics to venture into podcasting in 2-009.