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President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to humanize himself with candor and wisecracks on podcasts is widely credited with helping him regain the White House in 2024.
Since the election, Republicans and Democrats alike have analyzed why Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. One key factor that commentators across the political spectrum agree on is: Podcast Interview appears to have a greater impact on elections than celebrity endorsements or liberal traditional media.
The data seems to support this, with some even referring to 2024 as “2024,” the Poynter Institute noted. “Podcast Election” Both Trump and Harris have made multiple appearances on shows aimed at specific, large audiences.
While Harris’ podcast journey has spanned everything from “Club Shay Shay,” hosted by former NFL player Shannon Sharpe, to the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast hosted by former barroom personality Alex Cooper ”, but Trump came out on top. His choice to gravitate towards podcasts, especially those geared towards men, has paid off with Gen Z men and Millennials. Fox News Voter Survey Research published earlier this month found that 53% of men aged 18-44 supported Trump, compared with 45% for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump’s interview with Joe Rogan is widely credited with helping him attract more young male voters, who are supporting him in droves.
Interview with Kamala Harris aide With Semafor A powerful post-election commentary on the diminishing influence of traditional media.
“For my colleagues in the mainstream media, there is no value in being interviewed by the New York Times or the Washington Post during the general election because those (readers) are already with us,” said deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty says.
From coining “the weave” to joking about one of his failed attempts in life, Trump’s 2024 podcast journey includes several memorable moments and showcases the medium’s growing influence.
Trump tells Rogan ‘biggest mistake’ of his first term and displays ‘comedian attitude’
Trump late October Marathon appearance on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’With over 53 million views on YouTube alone, it was considered a turning point in the election. Rogan is known for his off-the-cuff comments that captivate his guests, and he did not disappoint during his interview with Trump.
“The biggest mistake was I picked some people that I shouldn’t have picked,” Trump said of his first term as president, citing “neoconservatives, bad people or disloyal people.” One specific example Trump recalled was White House national security adviser John Bolton, whom he fired in 2019. Trump said Bolton was useful as a threat to make other countries think, “Man, Trump is going to go to war with us,” but argued that “he was with Bush when he foolishly went into the Middle East.” . They shouldn’t do that. I used to say that as a civilian, so I always got more attention than others.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Joe Rogan walk side by side. (Getty Images)
Trump then expressed his curiosity about how he gets more publicity than others and invited Rogan to suggest why.
“I can definitely tell you that,” Rogen replied with a smile. “You said a lot of ridiculous things—”
“Maybe,” Trump replied with a smile. Trump later went on to explain, “You know, it’s funny. When you’re in this business, you need at least a comedian’s attitude, and it’s a very dangerous business.”
Long after the interview, Rogen was surprised by subsequent guests at Trump’s home “The ability to keep moving forward” During their roughly 3-hour podcast interview, there wasn’t even time for a bathroom break. He continued to support Trump in the run-up to the election.
Trump coined ‘Weave’ on ‘Blatant’ podcast, amusing comedian with Biden jab
Trump appeared on the “Blatant” podcast hosted by stand-up comedians like Andrew Schultz and Akash Singh, but made them laugh throughout the interview.
During the interview, Trump offered a sarcastic compliment to President Biden.
“He has an ability that I don’t have – he sleeps,” Trump said as the host laughed, later marveling at Biden’s ability to “fall asleep on camera.”
Trump also quipped: “Someone convinced him, Looks great in a swimsuit, When you’re 82, wearing a swimsuit usually doesn’t make you look great. “
During the campaign, Trump appeared on comedian Andrew Schultz’s “Flagrant” podcast. (Blatant YouTube channel)
In another viral moment from the same interview, Trump said, “I don’t talk nonsense,” but instead argued, “I do something called knitting,” which he said he could do during the conversation Tangent in the middle, then circle. Back to the point.
“You need extraordinary memory because you have to go back to where you started,” he said, before the host laughed and said he “could go this far here or there and I could go back to where I started.”
Schultz later said in an interview with his co-hosts that “my reaction was that Trump won in a landslide. It’s not even close anymore,” a sharp departure from his initial belief that Trump had “no chance.” .
On “The Brilliant Idiots,” another podcast Schultz co-hosts with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, Charlamagne told Schultz a story about how young people are embracing the podcast The anecdote made Schultz laugh. Charlamagne told Schultz that he knew a young black man, but declined to name him, who was shocked by Schultz’s reaction to the Trump interview. “‘Blatant’ will get Trump elected.'”
Schultz laughed, “This interview is so hot, man, I don’t know what to tell you.”
Trump rips Harris apart on Theo Von’s podcast, says Biden is being forced to step down
comedians and podcasters Theo Feng interviews Trump In August, with the encouragement of his son Barron, he accepted the invitation.
This past weekend podcast episode has been viewed 15 million times since its release in August. Trump used the time to attack not only Harris but the Democrats behind her. At the time, the country was still reeling from the fact that Biden had given up the nomination under intense pressure from party celebrities such as Nancy Pelosi. Feng asked Trump what he thought of what happened.
“This is a coup,” Trump said, later suggesting that “(Chuck) Schumer, Pelosi and many others — Democratic leaders,” Trump speculated. “They did – I think they threatened him violently. He didn’t want to get out and remember he said, ‘Only God can let me get out?'”
In late August, Donald Trump was interviewed by podcaster Theo Von.
The president-elect also took the time to criticize Harris, saying “she’s the worst vice president ever and he’s the worst president ever, and that’s a deadly combination.”
He went on to call Harris “the worst border czar in the history of the world” for having “hundreds of thousands of murderers” in the United States.
Trump jokes with WWE Undertaker about latest assassination attempt
In late October, Mark Calaway, the most famous “Undertaker” in WWE wrestling, interviewed Trump on his podcast “Six Feet Under,” which has been viewed nearly 1 million times.
Trump spoke candidly about the second assassination attempt against him that occurred just weeks ago. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is accused of pointing an AK-47 at Trump while he visited the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Authorities said Secret Service agents shot him after seeing the muzzle of his rifle pointed outward. There is a barbed wire fence in front of the hole where Trump plays.
“I was standing over a putter,” Trump said, recalling the incident, before joking, “He could have at least let me push the ball out, right?”
Trump spoke to the hosts of the “Six Feet Under” podcast.
Trump went on to praise an “incredible woman” who photographed the suspect as he fled the scene after a shootout with the Secret Service.
“Women… can only be women, because maybe men aren’t smart enough, right?” he joked. “A woman saw this guy running and he was running across the street – who would do that these days – it was a pretty busy street… She saw him and she said, ‘He’s suspicious.'” I looked at it It didn’t look that hot to the point where people were running all the time, but she followed him for a block and he got in his car and she stopped the car and started taking pictures of his license plate and started taking car type pictures! It was a car or something, a van or something, and she took pictures and sent them to the Sheriff! “
Trump jokes with Logan Paul, encourages Biden to give lengthy interview like him
Trump appeared on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast in early June, where he talked about everything from the war in Ukraine to UFOs, but he took the time to specifically criticize his Democratic opponent for the lack of interviews. .
“He couldn’t do this interview,” he said of Biden, then still the Democratic nominee. “Have you ever asked him such a question?”
When the hosts said he hadn’t been on their show yet but they’d love to host him, Trump seemed to like the idea, making the hosts chuckle and say, “I think he should be on it. You know you What are the chances of being on their show? I’d say less than 1% if you do that, I’ll actually watch this, okay? “
In early June, Trump appeared on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast.
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Paul then asked Trump what he knew about UFOs/UFOs, and while Trump said he had spoken to respected pilots who had experienced unexplained phenomena, he remained skeptical. In other words, there is an alien species that is indeed related to him.
“I know there are illegal aliens out there,” Trump joked. “But those people are coming through the border, and we have a lot of them. Those are people I know. When you say ‘alien,’ I say , ‘Are they illegal aliens?'”
As of the time of this report, the video interview has been viewed nearly 7 million times.
Fox News’ Brian Flood, Danielle Wallace and Emma Colton contributed to this report.
