(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) MAGA stalwart Roger Stone said he is ready, willing and able to step into a cage match brawl with Joe Rogan to secure an appearance for Donald Trump on the wildly popular podcaster’s show.
The challenge from the long-time Trump ally comes in the wake of Rogan reportedly refusing multiple requests from the Trump camp to have the former president appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, which averages an audience upwards of 11 million per episode, according to the Daily Beast.
Rogan has been a frequent and harshly effective critic of the Biden administration, and recently confessed his belief that the 2020 election was rigged to secure a Trump defeat. But Rogan has stopped short of interviewing Trump, despite forecasts that it would attract a huge audience.
“I’m not a Trump supporter in any way, shape or form,” Rogan told podcaster Lex Fridman last year. “I’ve had the opportunity to have him on my show more than once. I’ve said no every time. I don’t want to help him. I’m not interested in helping him.”
Joe Rogan says he has turned down multiple offers to have Donald Trump on his podcast:
"I don't want to help him. I'm not interested in helping him." pic.twitter.com/Cd6A3b4asf
— The Recount (@therecount) July 5, 2022
Stone, a favored advisor to the former president, reportedly began a push to secure Trump a spot on Rogan’s podcast after the two met and shook hands at a recent UFC fight in Las Vegas. Stone was present at the same event, which seemed to have planted the cage-match seed.
Along with Stone’s proposal, Trump has reportedly been encouraging his campaign and allies to publicly hype the upsides of an appearance on Rogan’s podcast.
“The mere discussion of Donald Trump on a blockbuster podcast like Joe Rogan builds a remarkable audience,” a Trump adviser told the Daily Beast. “Perhaps the only person bigger in the new media world than Joe Rogan is Donald Trump and the whole idea that the two of them would be together at long last—it would be an incredible audience.”
Stone doubled-down on the cage match challenge during an interview with InfoWars host Alex Jones.
“I know I can definitely take him,” Stone boasted. “I hit the heavy bag for an hour every Saturday.”
If the octagon battle comes to fruition, it could make for a perfect double-bill if logistics and fate intervene to couple it with the proposed cage match tilt between billionaire Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. An opening act could potentially feature GOP presidential contender and plus-size RINO Chris Christie, who has been called out for a hybrid wrestling match/debate by former Trump advisor Peter Navarro.
Stone dismissed any concerns that Rogan could best him in a cage match, tossing a jab at the podcaster after their meeting at the Las Vegas UFC event.
“Well, let me put it this way, Alex,” Stone quipped on InfoWars. “He was wearing a really nice suit. I wonder what it would cost in a man’s size.”
