Life on Mars and electoral fraud: what Donald Trump says in the 3 hours of podcast with Joe Rogan

The former president of USA and current candidate to reach the White House again, Donald Trump participated in a new chapter of The Joe Rogan Experience .

It is about a podcast which, as the name suggests, is hosted by Joe Rogan the American comedian, former athlete and martial arts commentator.

The episode was released on Friday October 25 and The conversation between the two lasted almost three hours. .

The affair took place for approximately two weeks. before the presidential elections are held which are scheduled for November 5.

On this occasion, Trump will run for a second term with JD Vance (Senator from Ohio) as his vice-presidential candidate.

For his part, the current vice-president, Kamala Harris will face in the elections with Tim Walz (Governor of Minnesota) as his Democratic Party running mate.

As the vote approaches, Trump and Rogan discussed topics ranging from life on Mars to his debunked claims of 2020 election fraud. .

It is good to remember that It was the year the Republican Party’s standard-bearer lost the election to Joe Biden. the current president of the United States.

At one point in the podcast, Rogan proposed to Trump: “I want to talk about 2020, because you have said over and over again that you were robbed that year.” .

“How do you think they stole from you?” Everyone always denies what you claim “, he added.

In this way, the presenter offered the former president space to repeat his denied claims of electoral fraud .

In response to his question, the Republican standard bearer He regretted that “the judges did not have the necessary temperament to overturn an election.

He also suggested that mail-in votes were not secure and that Democrats “they used covid to cheat” .

Given these comments, Rogan compared someone who raised doubts about the election to someone who questioned Covid-19 vaccines .

“You are being called an election denier (…) It’s like being called anti-vaccine if you question some of the health consequences of Covid-19 vaccines. “, replied the presenter.

Let us remember, In 2022, Rogan was widely criticized for making statements contrary to scientific consensus, considered erroneous .

His statements even led to Artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell choose to remove their music from Spotify in protest .

In its 2021 balance sheet, The Joe Rogan Experience It is the most listened to program in the world among all those offered by the streaming service. to their subscribers.

At present, Rogan has 14.5 million followers on Spotify .

In the same way, He has nearly 18 million on YouTube .

During the conversation, Rogan insisted that Trump reveal government secrets about whether life beyond Earth exists. .

Faced with this request, the former president He said that initially he “never believed” in extraterrestrial life. .

However, added that There are interviews with “reliable” airplane pilots who claim to have seen “very strange” objects. in the sky

In this sense, he emphasized that “There’s no reason not to think that Mars and all these planets don’t have life.”

After listening to it, Rogan told him that “we’ve had probes and robots there,” then added that he didn’t believe there was life. on the red planet.

“Maybe there is a life we ​​don’t know about” responded Trump, who promised in speeches to take an American astronaut to Mars.

According to information retrieved by the New York Times , Although scientists have not found life on Mars, they are looking for evidence of fossilized organisms. this could provide better clues about the planet.

Trump assured on Rogan’s podcast that He doesn’t believe in polls or pollsters .

He commented that there was “probably a lot of fraud” and He questioned the way these polls are carried out, without giving any arguments to support his position.

“Do you know how the polls are done? » asked Trump. to Rogan.

Then he retracted and said: “Oh, I’m going to be in trouble.” Anyway, I don’t really believe in it.” .

Along with this, He said, without presenting supporting evidence: “I don’t think they talk in many cases. » .

Latest polls show a tight scenario between Trump and Harris for the elections November presidential elections.

The average of national surveys prepared by ABC News/538 reflects, in its update of October 28, that the current vice president is in the lead with around 48% .

For his part, The former president appears with around 46% .

Despite this difference, different analysts have assured that These figures reflect a technical equality and therefore do not allow immediate conclusions to be drawn. on who will triumph in the elections.

To this is added that in the United States, the presidential election not defined by direct vote .

In his interview on the show, Rogan rarely interrupted the former president and praised his ‘comedian instincts’ .

However, also There were times when they didn’t seem to completely agree like when they talked about climate change.