Joe Rogan Makes His Presidential Pick On Eve Of Election

Just hours before Election Day, Joe Rogan, a top-rated podcaster, announced his endorsement for Donald Trump. This decision comes shortly after Rogan’s recent interview with Trump, which has amassed over 45 million views, and Vice President Kamala Harris declined Rogan’s invitation to appear on his show.

“The great and powerful @elonmusk. If it wasn’t for him, we’d be f—ked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way. For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump. Enjoy the podcast,” Rogan shared on X, the platform Elon Musk purchased in 2022 for $44 billion.

Rogan’s post included a clip from a recent interview with Musk. At a rally in Pittsburgh, Trump expressed gratitude for Rogan’s endorsement.

“Thank you, Joe. That’s so nice. And he doesn’t do that. He doesn’t do that stuff. And he tends to be a little bit more liberal than some of the people in this room,” Trump remarked. “I had a lot of fun; he was amazing, and it was a 3-hour interview.”

“He’s not a person that does endorsements, but he just did an endorsement, so I just want to thank Joe Rogan. That’s fantastic,” Trump continued.

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Meanwhile, Trump’s vice presidential choice, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, also joined “The Joe Rogan Experience” last Thursday, days after Trump’s extensive interview with the host.

Following the interview, Rogan praised Trump for his genuine personality and humor, specifically noting Trump’s focus during their lengthy discussion. “He’s got this ability to just keep going. This is what’s crazy; the podcast was three hours long. The guy didn’t pee before the podcast. He didn’t pee after the podcast. He just left,” Rogan humorously observed.

Regarding Harris, her team had placed unusual conditions on an interview, which Rogan ultimately declined. “They asked if we could go out on Tuesday, but I would have to drive to her house, and they only wanted to do an hour,” Rogan wrote on X last week.

“I really believe that the best place to do it is in the studio in Austin,” he posted, hoping for a relaxed conversation. “All I really want is to have a nice chat with her and get to know her as a person. I really hope we can make it happen.”

In one part of his interview with Rogan, Trump recounted his first day in the White House, when he asked to see the Lincoln Bedroom, noting a certain “sadness” about the room.

“I said to the guys, ‘I want to see the Lincoln Bedroom,’ I had never seen the Lincoln bedroom,” Trump shared.

Standing with his wife, Trump recalled, “‘Do you believe it? This is the Lincoln bedroom.’ I mean, it was cool — it was amazing.”

Reflecting on the room’s history, he added, “That room was so beautiful to me, much more beautiful than it actually is,” before mentioning Lincoln’s son Tad, who passed away four years after Lincoln’s assassination, whose photo is displayed in the room.

“He lost his son, and they suffered — the two of them — suffered from melancholia,” he said of Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. “They didn’t call it depression. They called it ‘melancholia.’”