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 important to reaching individuals in 2024. And whereas it’s not the primary podcast Trump has ever achieved, it is among the bigger ones—proper up there with the tech-focused All-In podcast, which Trump appeared on back in June. Properly, one of many bigger ones till Joe Rogan doubtlessly invitations Trump on, one thing he talked about with Fridman.

Fridamn requested Trump about psychedelic medicine, the struggle in Ukraine, and any secret alien recordsdata that is perhaps launched sometime. Trump additionally mentioned that he loves to jot down on Reality Social in any respect hours, however that he will get criticism when he posts after 3 a.m. ET. The previous president typically writes significantly unhinged issues in the midst of the night time 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 speak. “And there needs to be no downside with that. When they consider time zones, how do they learn about, like, , in a time zone, like an Japanese zone?”

Trump clearly acquired very confused and misspoke plenty of instances, together with when he talked about showing on “The Reply” with Rosie O’Donnell when he meant the daytime speak present “The View.” The previous president additionally rambled about how Joe Biden “thinks he seems good in a showering swimsuit, 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 recordsdata that Trump may launch if he turns into president once more.

“Um, he was a great salesman. He was, , a hale and hearty sort of man,” whereas suggesting he may launch recordsdata on Epstein.

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

Fridman stored insisting he’s an unbiased however did every thing in his energy to normalize Trump as simply one other politician that common individuals may vote for with a clear conscience. Fridman referred to as Trump “an excellent dealmaker,” and at one level even gave the impression to be doing political strategizing for Trump, telling the previous president, “you might be at your finest if you’re speaking a few constructive imaginative and prescient of the long run.” Trump doesn’t have a constructive imaginative and prescient for the long run, for no matter it’s value.

And that’s truly probably the most harmful aspect 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 a little bit totally different. His chats can attraction to apolitical individuals, 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 traditional 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 ladies the best 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 offered on YouTube, however should you don’t wish to sit via your complete factor, we’ve acquired a listing summarizing it under.

• Trump rambled about newer types of media exterior of TV with genius strains like, “The entire airplane of platform is altering rather a lot.”
• Fridman requested Trump what he’d particularly do to barter an finish to the struggle in Ukraine. Trump mentioned his ordinary bullshit that he’d finish the battle with Russia however didn’t wish to give away an excessive amount of, saying “I can’t offer you these plans.”
• Trump complained that Harris 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 Battle 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 referred to as the try on his life “not a nice expertise.”
• Fridman requested Trump about Undertaking 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 advised he doesn’t like leisure weed.
• Fridman informed Trump that he not too long ago did ayahuasca and mentioned the non secular advantages may 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 Reality 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 Reality 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 “battle 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 alleged to go to heaven, ideally, not hell. However you’re alleged to go to heaven should 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 speak concerning the previous, I speak concerning the future,” which is sort 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 menace 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 truly struggling now that Kamala Harris has entered the race. Harris has taken a strong lead in nationwide polls, in addition to slight leads in most battleground states, throughout a number of totally different pollsters.

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