Elon Musk has immoderate theories astir what helped Donald Trump unafraid different word successful nan White House, telling Tucker Carlson really Trump’s slew of podcast interviews fto voters spot he was conscionable a “normal person.”
In an interview astatine Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort precocious Tuesday, Musk said nan president-elect’s appearances connected long-form podcast for illustration “The Joe Rogan Experience” made a “big difference” successful really he was capable to link pinch Americans.
According to Musk, Trump won complete voters by appearing for illustration “a reasonably-minded, smart personification who’s not, like, hardcore 1 measurement aliases nan other” during those interviews.
“They conscionable perceive to personification talk for a fewer hours and that’s really they determine whether, you know, you’re a bully person, whether they for illustration you,” he added.
The tech billionaire said he suspected that Vice President Kamala Harris passed connected her chance to beryllium down pinch Joe Rogan because “nothing would do much damage” to her run that 1 of his hours-long freeform interviews.
“You can’t hide successful 3 hours!” Carlson agreed.
“But, connected nan different hand, Trump, he’s there, there’s nary talking points,” Musk went on. “He’s conscionable being a normal person, having a conversation and doing 3 hours of Rogan, no problem.”
Harris’ run strategy did see much than a fewer high-profile podcast appearances, however. In October, nan Democrat targeted young female voters pinch an interview connected nan celebrated “Call Her Daddy” podcast, stopped by nan long-running power show “The Breakfast Club,” and joined NFL alum Shannon Sharpe connected his show, “Club Shay Shay.”
One of Trump’s biggest run donors, Musk joined nan erstwhile president, now president-elect, to observe his predetermination triumph successful Palm Beach, Florida, connected Tuesday night.
Last month, Trump floated nan possibility of Musk joining his management arsenic nan unofficial “Secretary of Cost-Cutting” wherever he’d beryllium responsible for shaving billions from nan national budget. Some observers are predicting that he will merge his societal media platform, X, pinch Trump’s Truth Social to create a monolithic “propaganda organ” for nan Trump administration.