Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk set off a round of speculation this week when he suggested an interview between celebrity podcaster Joe Rogan and 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump “will happen,” with just weeks to go before Election Day.
The anticipation for a Trump–Rogan interview took on new energy after the financial blog and news aggregator ZeroHedge posted a Substack post calling on Rogan—a comedian and martial arts commentator—to invite Trump onto “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
The post, written by author Quoth the Raven, urged Rogan to extend the invitation to Trump before election day on Nov. 5.
Musk responded to the ZeroHedge article in an Oct. 10 post on his X social media platform, stating simply, “It will happen.”…
