Joe Rogan may have changed his attitude towards Donald Trump, with a UFC commentator declaring: “I’ll vote for Trump before I vote for Biden.”
This declaration stands in stark contrast to Logan’s past statements about the former president with the podcaster. said before: “I am not a Trump supporter in any way.”
Rogan slammed Joe Biden on the latest episode of joe rogan experience On Wednesday, he described the current Cabinet as a “loose sideshow” and then suggested that Trump is the lesser of two evils.
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“The problem with Biden is that he’s gone,” the 56-year-old said. “You know he’s gone, you’re going to rely on his cabinet, and I knew his cabinet was going to be a fucking sideshow of diversity.”
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Trump and Biden are the presumptive Republican and Democratic candidates for the November general election.
Trump is running unopposed after his last rival for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley, dropped out of the primary earlier this month.
According to poll analysis site FiveThirtyEight, Mr. Biden currently has an approval rating of 76%, while his only opponent, activist and author Marianne Williamson, has an approval rating of 2%.
But his age, 81, is a growing concern for Democrats.A recent poll by new york times It found that 73% of registered voters surveyed felt Biden was “too old” to run an administration, including 61% of those who voted for the president in 2020. .
Rogan previously said he would not have Trump on his show because he had “no interest” in helping the president.
During an appearance on fellow podcaster Rex Friedman’s show in July, Rogan spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and the deep political divisions in the wake of Trump’s presidency.
“The Trump era is also going to be one of the stranger times when people look back historically at the divisions in this country,” he said.
“I had several opportunities to have him on my show, and each time I said no. I don’t want to help him. I have no intention of helping him.”
But Rogan also slammed Biden, claiming Trump was “running toward the dead.”
“When Mr. Biden comes off stage, he shakes hands with people who aren’t there. I think he’s seeing ghosts,” he said.
The podcaster was photographed shaking Trump’s hand at a UFC fight a few days later, and later hinted that he might eventually have the 77-year-old appear on his show.
“It’ll be interesting to hear his perspective on a lot of things,” he told guest Patrick Bett David on an August episode. joe rogan experience.
“I want to know what it’s like to actually take office. I’d like to know things like how does it feel compared to what people think?”
“What does the machine look like? What does the deep state actually look like? Is it really like that?”
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