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 completed, it is among the bigger ones—proper up there with the tech-focused All-In podcast, which Trump appeared on back in June. Nicely, one of many bigger ones till Joe Rogan probably invitations Trump on, one thing he talked about with Fridman.

Fridamn requested Trump about psychedelic medication, the battle in Ukraine, and any secret alien information that is likely to be launched sometime. Trump additionally stated that he loves to write 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 course of the night time on his social media platform.

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

Trump clearly bought very confused and misspoke various 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 brief 45-minute chat (most Fridman interviews are a number of hours), was when he was requested in regards to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and any information that Trump would possibly launch if he turns into president once more.

“Um, he was a very good salesman. He was, you already know, a hale and hearty kind of man,” whereas suggesting he would possibly launch information on Epstein.

In actuality, Epstein was considered one of Trump’s associates 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 in regards to the man.

Fridman saved insisting he’s an unbiased however did every part 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 ideal dealmaker,” and at one level even gave the impression to be doing political strategizing for Trump, telling the previous president, “you’re at your finest if you’re speaking a few constructive imaginative and prescient of the longer term.” Trump doesn’t have a constructive imaginative and prescient for the longer term, for no matter it’s value.

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 a little bit totally different. His chats can attraction to apolitical individuals, and there are most likely 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 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 on the market on YouTube, however when you don’t need to sit by means of all the factor, we’ve bought an inventory summarizing it under.

• Trump rambled about newer types of media outdoors of TV with genius traces like, “The entire aircraft of platform is altering rather a lot.”
• Fridman requested Trump what he’d particularly do to barter an finish to the battle in Ukraine. Trump stated his standard bullshit that he’d finish the battle with Russia however didn’t need to give away an excessive amount of, saying “I can’t provide you with these plans.”
• Trump complained that Harris had a “softball” interview with Harris, which is a humorous factor to complain about in the course of a softball interview with Fridman.
• Trump stated there was a “nice chance” of World Battle III.
• Trump stated 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 stated the 2024 election was a “fraud.”
• Trump falsely stated undocumented immigrants vote in elections.
• Trump falsely stated different nations 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 Venture 2025 and the previous president stated 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 stated he agrees with the legalization of medical hashish however prompt he doesn’t like leisure weed.
• Fridman instructed Trump that he not too long ago did ayahuasca and stated 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 stated “I suppose I’d do it, however I haven’t been requested and I’m not asking them” in regards to the Joe Rogan podcast.
• Trump acknowledged his “reposts” on Reality Social can get him in hassle, with out recognizing that his regular posts are simply as fascist and unhinged. “I name it my typewriter,” Trump stated 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 stated 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 stated NATO wouldn’t exist with out him.
• Trump stated he’s gotten extra publicity than “anyone who’s ever lived.”
• Trump stated, “you’re speculated to go to heaven, ideally, not hell. However you’re speculated to go to heaven when you’re good.”
• Trump additionally denied breaking federal regulation 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 among 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 in regards to the previous, I discuss in regards to 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 general. It’s a menace to the security and safety of the U.S. if this man takes energy once more.

Trump stated 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 totally different pollsters.

FiveThirtyEight’s nationwide polling common at present has Harris up 3.2 factors. However no one is aware of for certain what’s going to occur till individuals really 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.