The recent interview of former US President Donald Trump with podcast host Joe Rogan has taken the internet by storm, as it has been viewed over 26 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours.
The video has become the most viewed podcast appearance so far for either candidate in the 2024 presidential campaign.
Donald Trump spoke to Joe Rogan for three hours on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” discussing at length almost everything about Trump’s life—his first White House experience, his transition from business to politics, the 2020 election, the July assassination attempt, and the recent Hitler comparison.
Trump also spoke about the assassination attempt and showed the scar he received from Crook’s bullet.
“It nicked right there,” he said of the mark behind his right ear.
“It healed up pretty f–king good,” Rogan said.
“It’s not like some of the wrestlers, some of the UFC fighters… it was sort of like a top shot. The thing’s taken off a little bit,” Trump continued. “But it makes me a tougher guy.”
Donald Trump said getting inside the White House for the first time was surreal, but getting shot at was not. “When I was lying there, I knew exactly what was going on,” Trump said.
“The Joe Rogan Experience” is the most watched podcast in the world. It has 14.5 million Spotify followers and 17.5 million YouTube subscribers. Although Spotify and Apple Podcasts do not release viewership data for individual episodes, the YouTube views suggest it is one of the biggest episodes in the show’s history and reached more viewers than other podcasts so far in the campaign.