Donald Trump spoke about his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in an interview with Joe Rogan.
Speaking to the comedian and UFC commentator on his popular podcast on Friday, the Republican presidential candidate said he had gotten to know the North Korean leader “very well,” despite previously calling him a “little rocket man” who was going to “burn in hell.”
The former president also told Rogan that when his presidential term ended “we didn’t have any problems with North Korea” after urging him to stop making nuclear weapons.
Mr. Trump stated: “I said, ‘Do you ever do anything else? Why don’t you take it easy? Go to the beach, relax.’
“I told him, ‘You’re always building nuclear power, you don’t have to. Relax!” I said, “Let’s build some condos on your coast.”
Donald Trump spoke about his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in an interview with Joe Rogan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then-U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands in the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, in June 2019.
The interview comes after Rogan had stated in 2022 that Trump would never appear on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ because he did not want to help the Republican Party campaign.
While appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience, Trump also stated that Russia would never have invaded Ukraine if he had been president.
“I told him, ‘Vladimir (Putin), you’re not going in,’ he told Rogan, adding, ‘I used to talk to him all the time.
“I can’t tell you what I told him, because I think it would be inappropriate, but one day he will tell you, but he would never have gone in.”
Trump also claimed that Putin invaded Ukraine because “first of all, he doesn’t respect Biden at all.”
The former president also revealed that he felt he had made “bad decisions” while discussing previous appointments to his cabinet.
He attributed the “success” of his presidency to his own decision-making in choosing officials who would serve in his administration.
“The only mistake… I’ll say it always comes back to the same answer, the biggest mistake I made… I picked some people I shouldn’t have picked,” he said.
Rogan then responded by asking if that meant “neoconservatives,” to which Trump responded, “Yes, neoconservatives, or bad people, or disloyal people.”
During Rogan and Trump’s three-hour podcast, the pair talked about the scar where Thomas Mathew Cooks shot him on July 13 in an assassination attempt.
Trump referred to a “small mark” on his ear where he was shot. “He shot himself right there,” he added.
In 2022, Rogan insisted that Trump would never appear on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ because he did not want to help the Republican Party campaign. He even referred to the former president as a ‘threat to democracy’
Yesterday’s three-hour podcast, which delayed the arrival of Trump’s last rally in Michigan by several hours, included a friendly discussion about the scar the politician left after the attempted assassination of Thomas Mathew Cooks on July 13.
He referred to a “little mark” on his ear where he was shot and added: “It went right there.”
In 2022, Rogan insisted that Trump would never appear on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ because he did not want to help the Republican Party campaign.
He turned down multiple offers for Trump to appear on the show, saying, “I’m not a Trump supporter in any way.”
“I’ve had the opportunity to have him on my show more than once; I’ve always said no.” I don’t want to help you. I’m not interested in helping you.’
However, after facing backlash after he seemingly endorsed RFK Jr instead of Trump, Rogan was forced to backtrack on his comments, insisting he was not endorsing Kennedy, who recently dropped out of the race. presidential and endorsed Trump.
The episode premiered at 10 pm ET on Friday night and viewing numbers soared to 300,000 in just 30 minutes.