Trump Talks About Sending Tweets at 3 A.M. and His Pal Jeffrey Epstein on Lex Fridman Podcast

Donald Trump made an look on Lex Fridman’s podcast Tuesday as the previous president has slowly come to understand that internet-based media is significant to reaching folks in 2024. And whereas it’s not the primary podcast Trump has ever executed, it is without doubt one of the bigger ones—proper up there with the tech-focused All-In podcast, which Trump appeared on back in June. Effectively, one of many bigger ones till Joe Rogan probably invitations Trump on, one thing he talked about with Fridman.

Fridamn requested Trump about psychedelic medicine, the conflict in Ukraine, and any secret alien information that may be launched sometime. Trump additionally mentioned that he loves to jot down on Fact Social in any respect hours, however that he will get criticism when he posts after 3 a.m. ET. The previous president usually writes significantly unhinged issues in the midst of the evening on his social media platform.

“Trump was truth-ing at three o’clock within the morning,” Trump mentioned on the podcast, mimicking how he thinks reporters discuss. “And there needs to be no drawback with that. When they give thought to time zones, how do they find out about, like, you understand, in a time zone, like an Japanese zone?”

Trump clearly obtained very confused and misspoke quite a lot of occasions, together with when he talked about showing on “The Reply” with Rosie O’Donnell when he meant the daytime discuss present “The View.” The previous president additionally rambled about how Joe Biden “thinks he appears good in a washing go well with, which he doesn’t.”

One of many extra awkward moments throughout Trump’s comparatively quick 45-minute chat (most Fridman interviews are a number of hours), was when he was requested concerning the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and any information that Trump would possibly launch if he turns into president once more.

“Um, he was an excellent salesman. He was, you understand, a hale and hearty kind of man,” whereas suggesting he would possibly launch information on Epstein.

In actuality, Epstein was one among Trump’s pals and there’s an extremely creepy video of the 2 dancing with their lecherous appears within the Nineties. So Trump is clearly mendacity about releasing no matter information the U.S. authorities could have locked up concerning the man.

Fridman stored insisting he’s an unbiased however did all the pieces in his energy to normalize Trump as simply one other politician that common folks might vote for with a clear conscience. Fridman known as Trump “a terrific dealmaker,” and at one level even appeared to be doing political strategizing for Trump, telling the previous president, “you’re at your greatest once you’re speaking a couple of optimistic imaginative and prescient of the long run.” Trump doesn’t have a optimistic imaginative and prescient for the long run, for no matter it’s price.

And that’s really essentially the most harmful component of interviews like these. At the least when Trump seems on Fox Information or some unhinged right-wing podcast, the viewers is already made up completely of individuals voting for Trump. However Fridman is slightly completely different. His chats can attraction to apolitical folks, and there are in all probability many listeners who don’t care a lot about politics and can hear this as an endorsement of Trump as a standard particular person.

Trump isn’t regular. He’s a wannabe fascist and adjudicated rapist whose darkish imaginative and prescient for the nation contains tearing aside households, denying girls the appropriate to well being care, and literally executing people who he believes have betrayed him. And clearly, none of that stuff was introduced up by Fridman, a horrible interviewer who achieves nothing however carrying water for a harmful man.

The podcast is obtainable on YouTube, however in case you don’t need to sit via your complete factor, we’ve obtained a listing summarizing it beneath.

• Trump rambled about newer types of media exterior of TV with genius traces like, “The entire aircraft of platform is altering lots.”
• Fridman requested Trump what he’d particularly do to barter an finish to the conflict in Ukraine. Trump mentioned his ordinary bullshit that he’d finish the battle with Russia however didn’t need to give away an excessive amount of, saying “I can’t offer you these plans.”
• Trump complained that CNN had a “softball” interview with Harris, which is a humorous factor to complain about in the midst of a softball interview with Fridman.
• Trump mentioned there was a “nice chance” of World Struggle III.
• Trump mentioned changing Joe Biden on the ticket was a “coup,” and repeatedly stumbled over his phrases making an attempt to speak about how Biden is mentally checked out.
• Trump falsely mentioned the 2024 election was a “fraud.”
• Trump falsely mentioned undocumented immigrants vote in elections.
• Trump falsely mentioned different international locations are emptying their psychological establishments into the U.S.
• Trump known as the try on his life “not a nice expertise.”
• Fridman requested Trump about Mission 2025 and the previous president mentioned he hadn’t learn the 900-page coverage doc. Trump tried to distance himself from the plan however admitted there are “some issues I like” about it.
• Trump mentioned he agrees with the legalization of medical hashish however prompt he doesn’t like leisure weed.
• Fridman advised Trump that he just lately did ayahuasca and mentioned the religious advantages might assist members of Congress in the event that they used it. Trump simply appeared very confused throughout that portion of the interview.
• Trump mentioned “I assume I’d do it, however I haven’t been requested and I’m not asking them” concerning the Joe Rogan podcast.
• Trump acknowledged his “reposts” on Fact Social can get him in bother, with out recognizing that his regular posts are simply as fascist and unhinged. “I name it my typewriter,” Trump mentioned of his Fact Social posts.
• Trump additionally denied calling lifeless troopers “suckers and losers.”
• Trump spewed many lies about Kamala Harris, together with conspiracy theories about her being a secret Communist.
• Trump mentioned he must “struggle hearth with hearth” when individuals are attacking him.
• Trump repeatedly praised authoritarian figures, together with Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban.
• Trump falsely mentioned NATO wouldn’t exist with out him.
• Trump mentioned he’s gotten extra publicity than “anyone who’s ever lived.”
• Trump mentioned, “you’re speculated to go to heaven, ideally, not hell. However you’re speculated to go to heaven in case you’re good.”
• Trump additionally denied breaking federal legislation when he used Arlington Nationwide Cemetery because the backdrop for his campaign commercial.
• In one of many solely direct moments of the interview, Fridman identified that Trump “had some hesitation” about releasing a few of the paperwork on Epstein. Trump responded that he didn’t assume he had any hesitation and insisted “I’m not concerned.”

Arguably the funniest line of the interview was Trump saying “I don’t discuss concerning the previous, I discuss concerning the future,” which is kind of hilarious. All this man talks about is the previous and the way he was cheated in 2020. However Trump’s rhetoric isn’t very humorous total. It’s a risk to the protection and safety of the U.S. if this man takes energy once more.

Trump mentioned at one level within the interview that he’s “main within the polls,” however he’s really struggling now that Kamala Harris has entered the race. Harris has taken a stable lead in nationwide polls, in addition to slight leads in most battleground states, throughout a number of completely different pollsters.

FiveThirtyEight’s nationwide polling common at present has Harris up 3.2 factors. However no person is aware of for certain what’s going to occur till folks really go to the polls in November. And whereas it’s not clear whether or not Fridman will vote for Trump, it virtually doesn’t matter. The podcaster has already helped Trump with this interview greater than a single vote ever might.