Tech billionaire Elon Musk attributed President-elect Trump’s election victory, a minimum of partially, to the prolonged podcast interviews he did throughout the marketing campaign.
In an interview late Tuesday with former Fox Information host Tucker Carlson, Musk stated Trump’s podcast appearances confirmed the American public that he was a traditional particular person.
“I think it made a big difference that President Trump and soon-to-be Vice President Vance went on lengthy podcasts,” Musk stated in the interview.
“I think this really makes a difference because people look at, like, Joe Rogan’s podcast, which is great, and Lex Fridman’s and the All-In podcast, and, you know, to a reasonable-minded, smart person — who’s not, like, hardcore one way or the other — they just listen to someone talk for a few hours and that’s how they decide whether, you know, you’re a good person, whether they like you,” he added, in line with a clip highlighted by Mediaite.
Trump performed many interviews with new media throughout his marketing campaign, in addition to with legacy information organizations akin to Fox Information.
Final month, he joined Joe Rogan’s podcast for a 3-hour lengthy interview. The superstar host later endorsed his candidacy.
His opponent, Vice President Harris, didn’t seem on Rogan’s podcast as a result of, in line with “The Joe Rogan Experience” host, the Harris marketing campaign solely had an hour and required him to journey to her. Rogan stated he felt “strongly” that the “best way to do” an interview with the vice chairman would have been in his studio in Austin, Texas.
Musk recalled posting on his social platform X account that “nothing would do more damage” to Harris’s marketing campaign than happening Rogan’s podcast, “because she would run out of non-sequiturs after about 45 minutes.”
“You can’t hide for three hours,” Carlson replied.
Musk added, “Yeah, like, hour two and three would be a complete melted puddle of nonsense. So it would just be absolute game over. That’s why she didn’t go on.”
“But on the other hand, Trump, he’s there, and there’s no, there’s no talking points,” the Tesla CEO continued. “He’s just being a normal person who’s having a conversation, and doing three hours of Rogan, no problem.”
The interview was performed from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
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