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The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump turned to Joe Rogan to gain votes as the former United States president asked the American podcaster to endorse him for the November election. 

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Trump told Rogan that he "cannot vote for Kamala Harris."

After delaying his rally in the US state of Michigan and leaving supporters waiting for him in the cold, Trump joined Rogan for a three-hour-long podcast to attract young voters. 

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The Republican boasted that the billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk endorsed him so he should too. 

“He gave me the nicest endorsement. You should do the same thing, Joe, because you cannot be voting for Kamala,” the former president said. 

Referring to the Russian martial artist Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov, Trump said, "I’ve been watching you for years. You’re definitely not a Kamala person. You’re a Khabib person—not a Kamala person."

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Trump's interview with Rogan came just two years after the American podcaster strictly turned down an invitation to invite the former president on his show calling the Republican an "existential threat to democracy."

Trump, once again, did not miss the chance to talk about his failed assassination attempt in July to gain votes as he called being US president "a dangerous business."

“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 took on the role," he said. 

What was discussed in the podcast?

From repeating his claims that 2020 was rigged to the conspiracies that there is life on Mars, Trump discussed numerous issues on Rogan's podcast.

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The former president also highlighted his economic policies, which have been termed as "dangerous" for the US by Nobel Prize-winning economists. He confirmed that he will replace federal income taxes with tariffs if re-elected in November. Trump said he "didn't just float the idea but actually serious about it."

(With inputs from agencies)