Five takeaways from Trump's marathon podcast interview with Joe Rogan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "READ: https://t.co/mvWWOQSSKc#DonaldTrump #JoeRogan #comedy #Elections2024 #campaign #GOP #Republicans #usa #news #politics #trending #viral #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/sb0o65eGuO-- Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer)October 26, 2024Trump entertains the idea of eliminating federal income taxRogan asked Trump if he was serious about his proposal of eliminating a federal income tax, an idea the Republican candidate shared on Fox News earlier this week.
51% : "Trump also told Rogan that he felt out of his depth in making appointments when he first got to the White House.
51% : "Since Biden dropped out of the race, Trump is now the oldest presidential candidate ever and more than 18 years older than Harris.
46% : "Yeah, sure," Trump said.
42% : Trump voiced casual support for the idea of eliminating the federal income tax, suggesting a return to economic policies that existed before the early 20th century.
39% : "I wasn't a Washington guy, I was a New York guy," Trump said. "
37% : "I picked some people that I shouldn't have picked," Trump said.
37% : "There's no reason not to think that Mars and all these planets don't have life," Trump said.
35% : "Maybe it's life that we don't know about, Trump said in response.
33% : "But why not?"Trump suggested that to replace the revenue stream, the government would just create more tariffs, something upon which critics have cast doubt.
29% : "We have a guy that doesn't make it past four o'clock, and it's not because of age," Trump said.
27% : With minimal ties to Washington and 100 major appointments to fill, Trump shared that he didn't know who to go with.
26% : "It's not like some of the wrestlers' [scars], some of the UFC fighters [scars], Trump said.
25% : 'No reason' not to believe there's life on other planetsRogan asked Trump whether he believes there are government secrets about extraterrestrial life -- a conspiracy theory that has gained steam among the public in recent years.
23% : "A guy like Kelly, who is a bully, a bully, but a weak person," Trump said.
16% : Trump claims being shot made him a 'tougher guy'Rogan asked Trump if he had a scar from the bullet that hit his ear and almost took his life in the assassination attempt that shook the nation in July.
9% : Kelly recently came out warning that if Trump is reelected, he will rule like a dictator, adding that the former president meets the definition of a fascist.
7% : Harris has called Trump "deranged" and "mentally unstable," and her campaign has targeted Trump's age, attacks the GOP leader and his allies have rejected.
5% : Trump also called Bolton an "idiot.
3% : "Biden's age wasn't his issue, Trump saysTrump said that his concerns with President Joe Biden, who is three and a half years older than Trump, were not because of his age, but because of his believed cognitive impairment.

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