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 likely 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 doubtlessly 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 Reality 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 course 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 drawback with that. When they consider time zones, how do they learn about, like, you realize, in a time zone, like an Japanese zone?”

Trump clearly bought very confused and misspoke plenty of occasions, 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 to be 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 in regards to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and any information that Trump may launch if he turns into president once more.

“Um, he was a superb salesman. He was, you realize, a hale and hearty sort of man,” whereas suggesting he may launch information on Epstein.

In actuality, Epstein was one in every of Trump’s associates and there’s an extremely creepy video of the 2 dancing with their lecherous seems to be within the Nineties. So Trump is clearly mendacity about releasing no matter information the U.S. authorities might have locked up in regards to 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 known as Trump “an ideal 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 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. A minimum of when Trump seems on Fox Information or some unhinged right-wing podcast, the viewers is already made up solely of individuals voting for Trump. However Fridman is a bit completely 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 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 accessible on YouTube, however for those who don’t need to sit by your entire factor, we’ve bought an inventory 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 regular 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 course of a softball interview with Fridman.
• Trump mentioned there was a “nice risk” 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 nations 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 lately did ayahuasca and mentioned the religious 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 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 mentioned of his Reality Social posts.
• Trump additionally denied calling useless 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 persons 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 for those who’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 suppose he had any hesitation and insisted “I’m not concerned.”

Arguably the funniest line of the interview was Trump saying “I don’t speak in regards to the previous, I speak 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 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 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 presently has Harris up 3.2 factors. However no person 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.