The Latest Donald Trump Interview: Must-See Moments
Here’s what happened in under 5 minutes.
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In an explosive interview with Lex Fridman that’s quickly going viral, Donald Trump delivered several headline-making soundbites.
The first topic that grabbed viewers’ attention was Trump’s reaction to Kamala’s train-wreck interview with CNN, saying he “can’t believe” how “very poorly” she performed in what he called a “softball interview.”
“We have a woman who couldn’t do an interview. This was a really soft interview. This is an interview where they’re given multiple choice questions—multiple guesses. I call it multiple guess. And I don’t think she did well. I think she did very poorly,” Trump said.
The conversation then shifted to the issue of mass migration, sparked by reports of Venezuelan gangs taking over buildings in Colorado.
Trump said that countries like Venezuela are dumping their prisoners into America, noting that crime is down in those countries for a reason.
As president, Trump declared, “We can’t let that happen,” but acknowledged the rationale behind the prisoner dumping, given that America is willingly absorbing the world’s criminals.
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The discussion pivoted to foreign policy, where Trump touted his approach to keeping the peace in Afghanistan during his tenure.
Crediting “The Stick,” he argued that his tough stance was why there were no U.S. casualties for 18 months before Biden’s chaotic withdrawal.
That disastrous withdrawal, which left 13 US soldiers dead, is a big reason why Putin felt emboldened to go into Ukraine, Trump claimed.
As the conversation continued, Trump dismissed any association with Project 2025, insisting that the Democrats know it has nothing to do with him, yet they continue to link him to it anyway.
“Project 2025 has absolutely nothing to do with me,” Trump stressed, adding that he hasn't even read the document.
“I've heard about things that are in there that I don't like, and there are some things in there that everybody would like. But there are things that I don't like at all. And I think it's unfortunate that they put it out, but it doesn't mean anything because it has nothing to do with me. Project 2025 has absolutely nothing to do with me.”
Lex Fridman didn’t shy away from pressing Trump on what he called “tension” with Joe Rogan, challenging him to go on Rogan’s podcast after saying some “not-so-nice things” about him.
Trump played it cool, denying any real tension, saying, “I guess I’d do it, but I haven’t been asked.”
This particular moment was an interesting exchange.
LEX FRIDMAN: “Let me ask you about my good friend Joe Rogan. So you had a bit of tension with him. So when he said nice things about RFK Jr., I think you've said some not-so-nice things about Joe. And I think that was a bit unfair. And as a fan of Joe, I would love to see you do his podcast because he is legit, the greatest conversationalist in the world. So what's the story behind the tension?”
DONALD TRUMP: “Well, I don't think there was any tension, and I've always liked him, but I don't know him. I only see him when I walk into the arena with Dana, and I shake his hand. I see him there, and I think he's good at what he does. But I don't know about doing his podcast. I mean, I guess I'd do it, but I haven't been asked and I'm not asking them. You know? I'm not asking anybody.”
LEX FRIDMAN: “It sounds like a challenging negotiation situation.”
DONALD TRUMP: “No, it's not really a negotiation. And he's sort of a liberal guy, I guess, you know, from what I understand. But he likes Kennedy. This was before I found this out, before Kennedy came in with us. He's going to be great. He's doing... Bobby's going to be great. But I like that he likes Kennedy. I do, too. He's a different kind of a guy, but he's got some great things going, and I think he's going to be, beyond politics, I think he could be quite influential in taking care of some situations that you probably would agree should be taken care of.”
The interview took another interesting turn when Trump reflected on his decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton, saying, “She’s so lucky I didn’t do anything.”
Trump added that he “could have done a big number on Hillary Clinton,” but the reason he decided not to was because he thought it would divide the country because it “looked so bad.”
“I could have done a big number on Hillary Clinton. I thought it looked terrible to take the president's wife and put her in prison. She's so lucky. I didn’t do anything. She's so lucky. Hillary is a lucky woman because I had a lot of people pushing me, too. They wanted to see something, but I could have done something very bad. I thought it looked so bad.”
Arguably, the most interesting moment of the entire interview was when Lex Fridman questioned Trump about the Epstein client list, asking if the next Trump administration would reveal the names to the public.
Trump responded by saying he would have “no problem” doing that, adding that the names on that list would also be “very interesting.”
In the final moments, Trump emphasized what he sees as a major problem for today's America: a lack of religion.
He says, “I think our country's missing a lot of religion. I think it really was a much better place with religion.”
“It was almost a guide to a certain extent. It was a guide. You want to be good to people. Without religion, there are no real guardrails. I'd love to see us get back to religion, more religion in this country.”
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MIND-BLOWING: Just 7,000 politically connected NGOs are hoarding 90% of all taxpayer money meant for nonprofits.
Roughly $300 billion in government money flows to nonprofits every year—with zero transparency on where that money actually goes.
Elon Musk recently told Joe Rogan that NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) are among the biggest scams ever.
That’s because taxpayer-funded NGOs act as a loophole to funnel billions into shadowy, unaccountable organizations—doing things that would be illegal if carried out directly by the government itself.
@DataRepublican (who’s featured in this clip) previously reported that the “Uniparty” is actually a network of NGOs partially funded by your tax dollars.
And the one thing they all have in common is that they claim to promote “democracy.”
According to her investigation, seven NGOs—heavily backed by USAID and the U.S. State Department—serve as the Uniparty’s enforcement arm, pushing propaganda under the guise of “protecting democracy.”
These groups, originally formed during the Cold War, have shifted their mission from spreading democracy abroad to protecting their own power—redefining “democracy” to mean preserving themselves.
Or, as Musk puts it, a threat to “democracy” really means a threat to the bureaucracy.
Watch the full interview with the amazing @DataRepublican below:
#10 - @DataRepublican blows the lid off $17 million “democracy” scam.
The data scientist revealed that “States United Democracy Center,” an NGO co-founded by Norm Eisen, received $17M—and “the only thing they did with $17M was make a terrible muppet show.”
“That’s (explicit word)!” she exclaimed.
“They got money, and they did something with that. It was just awful. Jim Henson would roll in his grave. And it was weird because all the videos have less than 200 views,” DataRepublican explained.
“They didn’t even try to promote them with ads or anything. So where did the $17 million go?” She asked.
Shortly after this interview aired, @DataRepublican revealed she was doxxed in a viral post on X.
After being doxxed, DataRepublican shared more details about herself to take back control of the narrative. She revealed her real name as Jennica Pounds, a 100% Deaf and nonverbal database kernel engineer with expressive dysphasia related to autism.
Pounds recently walked away from her role as a senior software engineer to pursue DOGE-adjacent efforts full-time, aiming to work with the administration to cut waste and improve government efficiency.
Her work—now centered around a powerful searchable database at DataRepublican.com—reveals the hidden connections between government grants and NGOs, exposing billions in wasteful spending.
Pounds’ work has been praised by prominent figures like Elon Musk, with her interviews drawing massive viewership on podcasts with Nicole Shanahan, Glenn Beck, and NewsNation.
We’re pleased to welcome the woman tearing up the roots of the entire corrupt system.
Watch as @DataRepublican exposes some of the government's darkest secrets in our exclusive interview.
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#9 - Persuasion Expert Bets His Career on Shocking COVID Claim
This might be the ultimate “told you so” moment for the “conspiracy theorists.”
JOE ROGAN: “Do you think that someone sat in a room and that people discussed the best ways to get people to comply?”
CHASE HUGHES: “Yes. Oh, yes. I would bet my career because it was executed following textbook protocol.”
Hughes explained that the key sign of a psyop is “if the opinion that’s coming out needs people to be silenced.”
“So if you can’t question it—if you’re supposed to just go along, it’s a psyop,” Hughes reiterated.
During COVID, terms like “disinformation” and “misinformation” flooded the airwaves, but those terms were often weaponized to discredit voices and opinions the government didn’t like.
Doctors like Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, respected scientists at Stanford and Harvard, were silenced simply for challenging lockdowns through the Great Barrington Declaration.
“And it was openly discussed in emails,” Rogan pointed out.
“That’s what’s really crazy. They talked about the strategy of silencing these people, and then you had the actual government itself contacting Twitter, trying to get people removed, which is wild.”
They even went as far as to write headlines like “Mocking anti-vaxxers’ COVID deaths is ghoulish, yes — but may be necessary” (LA Times).
“My hope is that people have learned from this past four years and that this is an eye-opener,” Rogan said.
#8 - Rachel Maddow DETONATES: Slams MSNBC as Racist in Jaw-Dropping Rant
“I thought it would be bad, but I did not think it would be as bad as this.”
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Elon Musk just exposed what he calls the “biggest scam” in U.S. history during his viral appearance on episode #2281 of The Joe Rogan Experience.
The focus of the conversation was government waste and abuse—and Musk had plenty to say.
Musk quickly dropped a shocker when he revealed that the government handed the Navy $12 billion to build new submarines—and not a single submarine was built.
When lawmakers asked where the money went, Navy officials shrugged and said they had no idea—a revelation Musk heard firsthand from Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine).
“There’s a case where I think Senator Collins was telling me about how she gave the Navy $12 billion for more submarines, got no extra submarines, and then held a hearing to say where the $12 billion go.
“And they were like, we don’t know. That was it. I mean, basically, stuff is so crazy. Only the federal government could get away with this level of waste,” Musk said.
In another eye-opening moment, Musk concluded that the government could save $100 billion a year just by forcing agencies to explain what their payments are actually for.
He mentioned how the current system allows the government to send payments with no categorization code, no description, and no explanation—essentially handing out blank checks with zero accountability.
Musk compared this to public companies, saying that if a corporation tried the same thing, it would be delisted immediately, and its executives would “be thrown in prison.”
#10 - Persuasion expert bets his career on the COVID response being a full-blown psyop.
JOE ROGAN: “Do you think that someone sat in a room and that people discussed the best ways to get people to comply?”
CHASE HUGHES: “Yes. Oh, yes. I would bet my career because it was executed following textbook protocol.”
Hughes explained that the key sign of a psyop is “if the opinion that’s coming out needs people to be silenced.”
“So if you can’t question it—if you’re supposed to just go along, it’s a psyop,” Hughes reiterated.
During COVID, terms like “disinformation” and “misinformation” flooded the airwaves, but those terms were often weaponized to discredit voices and opinions the government didn’t like.
Doctors like Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, respected scientists at Stanford and Harvard, were silenced simply for challenging lockdowns through the Great Barrington Declaration.
“And it was openly discussed in emails,” Rogan pointed out.
“That’s what’s really crazy. They talked about the strategy of silencing these people, and then you had the actual government itself contacting Twitter, trying to get people removed, which is wild.”
They even went as far as to write headlines like “Mocking anti-vaxxers’ COVID deaths is ghoulish, yes — but may be necessary” (LA Times).
“My hope is that people have learned from this past four years and that this is an eye-opener,” Rogan said.
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#9 - @DataRepublican stuns Glenn Beck with a blunt explanation of how the shadow government subverts the will of the people.
“They’re offended [by DOGE] because their power depends on people not knowing what they’re doing with [our] money.
“And so that is truly censorship. Because I think if actual Americans understood what they were doing with our money and that they were actually setting up their own government and actually ignoring what real people wanted to do, oh, we would be so upset.
“Because the reality is that these people have a government unto themselves that they’ve created with these NGOs that they run separately from us.
“And the reason I’m doing this interview is because I want to promote the knowledge to the public that these people operate in different vocabulary, with different rules, and they have made their own government inside ours with our money.”
Nobody’s ever broken it down like this before. Data Republican just pulled back the curtain—and it’s worse than we thought.
@DataRepublican #8 - Democrats are flailing over Musk & DOGE gaining access to IRS data.
But in 2023, Joe Biden gave 53 unpaid researchers & student volunteers access to the SAME SYSTEM & they said NOTHING.
REPORT: The Department of Education just got BUSTED running a rogue “sanctuary program” for illegal immigrants while hiding secrets from DOGE and Congress via an encrypted messaging app.
This conspiracy was revealed by Project Veritas, which dropped a bombshell video exposing Travis Combs, Branch Chief for Applied Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education (DOE).
In the undercover footage, Combs admits that DOE employees are intentionally using the encrypted messaging app Signal to hide internal conversations from oversight.
“If you want to have a conversation with somebody, you do have to take it offline, but you’re not supposed to. So, everybody uses… an app called Signal now,” Combs said.
Even more alarming, Combs revealed that the DOE deliberately avoids asking about citizenship status during student enrollment—despite the federal government’s responsibility to uphold immigration laws.
“The one nice thing about the program that I work in is that we don’t ask [citizenship] status, and we’ve been able to keep that out of our federal statute,” Combs stated.
He admitted that “if Congress actually knew” about this practice, “there would be a lot of uproar.”
Big shout-out to Project Veritas for exposing this disgusting abuse of power.