I honestly didn’t see that coming. A new Joe Rogan podcast dropped this evening of his interview with Elon Musk. However, it’s what he sent out on X that is HUGE. Joe Rogan is endorsing Donald Trump for President.

The great and powerful @elonmusk.
If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump.
Enjoy the podcast pic.twitter.com/LdBxZFVsLN

— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 5, 2024

Yes folks, you read that correctly. Even during his three hour long podcast with President Trump the other week, Rogan refused to endorse him. No endorsement was forthcoming during the JD Vance podcast either. Yet with this news, it’s obvious to me, that Joe was giving his conversations with both men a great deal of thought. 

Yes, tomorrow is election day. However, there are still a great many undecided voters out there, or voters who have yet to step into the voting booth. Particularly in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nevada. I’m sure I left a couple out. That said, at last count the Trump podcast was watched over 40 million times on YouTube. How many viewers did Kama-La CopyCat get on SNL? Around four million, many of whom were already fans of Harris. 

Joe Rogan, on the other hand has ten times that number of viewers from all over the world for his podcasts, and that doesn’t count those who watch on Spotify or Instagram either. 

So this endorsement is a VERY BIG DEAL. Per Reuters:

Podcaster Joe Rogan, who recently interviewed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for nearly three hours, said on Monday he has endorsed the former president in the race to the White House on the eve of the Nov. 5 U.S. election.

Trump faces Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in what polls show to be a tight race. Harris has got multiple celebrity endorsements.

Will this make a difference? If so, how much of a difference? While Reuters somewhat snarkily observes that Kamala has gotten a ton of celebrity endorsements, all those celebrities always endorse Democrats. There’s nothing new under the sun with that. 

However, in the span of approximately three weeks, Joe Rogan has interviewed Donald Trump, JD Vance, John Fetterman, and now Elon Musk. 

NEW: Elon Musk and Joe Rogan rip the Democratic party for spreading hoax after hoax, call out President Barack Obama.

The pair also called out YouTube for the apparent suppression of the Trump-Rogan interview.

"What the flying f**k? He doesn't give a f*ck." Musk said in… pic.twitter.com/hHzPRyAzmI

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 4, 2024

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are nowhere to be found. Oh to be sure, the invitation was given (or as some report, she reached out to him), but here’s what happened next. 

Joe Rogan issued a rare statement about the behind-the-scenes negotiations for a podcast guest, posting a comment about why Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t appeared on his show.

Rogan says Harris’ team wanted Rogan to fly out to New York to interview the presidential candidate and that their interview would be restricted to one hour.

“For the record, the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast,” Rogan said in a comment on X. “They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin. My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen.”

In other words, as we’ve seen with Kamala’s other interviews, unless it is tightly scripted with questions determined in advance, she’s not playing. And well, it looks strongly like her refusal will bite her in the ass. 

Joe Rogan agrees with Elon Musk that if Trump does not win, it will be the last election due to illegal immigrants:

Elon Musk: “If Trump doesn't win, this is the last election.”

Joe Rogan: “I think you're right.”

“I think a lot of people are waking that have been lifelong… pic.twitter.com/LC9067bxaG

— End Tribalism in Politics (@EndTribalism) November 4, 2024

Kamala had the opportunity to have a conversation with Joe Rogan, and didn’t make it happen. Big Mistake. HUGE. Instead, it turns out she did an interview with a Muslim influencer, and the experience was so bad, the interview…NEVER AIRED. 

Rahma said he was then told the vice president was going to argue against taking off shoes on airplanes — and only learned when the two sat down that Harris was instead going to deliver the take that “bacon is a spice.”

“I don’t know,” Rahma — who is Muslim and doesn’t eat pork as part of his faith observance — responded to Harris in their video interview, according to the Times.

“Think about it, it’s pure flavor,” she prodded.

Kamala is incapable of reading the room. Muslims do not eat pork, yet she insisted on yakking about bacon, with an abrupt switch to anchovies?

Then again, it’s probably good that Joe didn’t have a sit down with Kamala, he would’ve needed serious therapy after the first fifteen minutes. 

Tomorrow is Election Day, and the final push for votes from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. 

BREAKING: Trump has learned of the Joe Rogan endorsement of him live on stage in PA. The crowd went INSANE.

"Joe Rogan just endorsed me. Is that great? Thank you Joe. That's so nice. And he doesn't do that stuff."pic.twitter.com/AklXGvWUvb

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 5, 2024

Again, will this Joe Rogan endorsement move the needle, and if so, how much? Joe has a considerable amount of influence, more so these days than even Oprah or Obama. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Feature Photo Credit: composite collage of Joe Rogan and Donald Trump, screenshots from “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast via YouTube