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Rogan Praises Trump’s ‘Comedic Instincts’ During Debate With Clinton

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Top-ranked podcaster Joe Rogan praised former President Donald Trump for his “comedic instincts” as the two of them discussed his first White House bid during their historic interview on Friday.

Rogan noted that Trump is just naturally funny and that he really picked up on that, recalling one of the then-future president’s debates with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.

That is significant praise, given that Rogan — in addition to being a podcaster and UFC commentator has been a stand-up comedian for decades. He also starred on the 90s hit sitcom “NewsRadio.”

In particular, Rogan was referencing Trump’s now infamous line he snuck in during a particularly fiery debate segment, where Clinton said, “It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.”

Trump immediately fired back: “Because you’d be in jail.”

Rogan also praised Trump’s ability to be funny working crowds with his impressions of others including President Joe Biden. “It’s funny, its standup,” said Rogan.

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There were also many serious moments during the interview, such as when Trump described being president as a “very dangerous business” in reference to a pair of close calls with would-be assassins.

In his nearly three-hour appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which garnered more than 26 million views around 24 hours after going live, Trump emphasized the dangers associated with the presidency, suggesting that pundits and officials tend to avoid discussing the attempts on his life.

“I do things that don’t necessarily make me so popular. I just do what’s right,” Trump, 78, said. “I understand what I’m doing. You make yourself a target, and it’s a very dangerous business. I never thought of that when I did it.”

On July 13, at a rally in Butler, Pa., Trump had only spoken for a few minutes before shots rang out. Thomas Crooks, 20, fired eight rounds at the former president, grazing his right ear with the first shot while killing one rallygoer and severely wounding two others, all of whom were seated behind the former president.

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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after 10 days due to bipartisan outrage over agency failures.

Less than two months later, would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested after getting within a few hundred yards of Trump while he was golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15. Routh was set up behind a hedgerow overlooking a green with an AR-style rifle, and he appeared to be waiting for Trump to get close enough before firing.

Secret Service agents spotted the rifle barrel sticking out of the hedgerow and engaged Routh, who fled the scene before being arrested a short while later.

Trump gave Rogan a glimpse of the scar he received from Crooks’ bullet. “It zicked right there,” Trump said of the mark behind his right ear.

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Rogan responded, “It healed up pretty f–king good.”

“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.”

Rogan, 57, suggested that the assassination attempts might not have occurred if the media—and Democrats like his rival Vice President Kamala Harris and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton—didn’t equate Trump with Adolf Hitler and fascism.

“They love to take things out of context and distort them,” Rogan said. “The rhetoric is that you’re Hitler, and in order to stop Hitler, you have to do whatever it takes.”

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