Former President Donald Trump will sit with Joe Rogan for a recording of his podcast in Austin, Texas, on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the planning.
Trump will visit Texas the same day Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to host a campaign rally in Houston.
“The Joe Rogan Experience” has for years ranked as one of the most popular podcasts in all of media, particularly among young men, who have been key targets of the Trump campaign.
For months, Trump has made outreach to male voters a priority, appearing on audience-aligned podcasts, with social media influencers or at high-profile sporting events, like the male-dominated UFC mixed martial arts fights he has attended alongside his friend Dana White. Trump had been scheduled to appear at a town hall this month hosted by Tony Robbins, a longtime self-help guru with over 7 million followers on Instagram, before Robbins postponed the event because of an incoming hurricane.
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