Donald Trump says he wants Joe Rogan to host US presidential debate against Joe Biden

Could Joe Rogan moderate a debate between Trump and Biden?
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Rebecca Speare-Cole15 September 2020

Donald Trump has said he wants Joe Rogan to host a US presidential debate between himself and Democratic rival Joe Biden.

UFC fighter Tim Kennedy was interviewing Rogan on his podcast when they began to talk about the upcoming November election.

They discussed the idea that Rogan could sit down with the two candidates to talk about how they would lead America.

Kennedy said Rogan would be a "control mechanism" between the pair.

The pair discussed a debate between Biden and Trump
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Rogan said that he would want, "no one else in the room" and he would stream it live so that there could be no accusations the debate was doctored.

After their conversation, Kennedy wrote on Twitter: "On my podcast with @joerogan he offered to moderate a debate between @JoeBiden and @realDonaldTrump It would be four hours with no live audience.

"Just the two candidates, cameras, and their vision of how to move this country forward. Who wants this?"

Shortly after Mr Trump replied saying: "I do!"

Kennedy went on to add that it would be a, "long form debate with a neutral moderation".

He said there would be "no fake audience reactions. No biased questions. Neutral camera positions. No sound bite length responses. Just their respective policies explained to us'.

However, Rogan may not be such a neutral moderators after saying he would now vote for Mr Trump following his official endorsement Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders earlier this year.

He has also expressed his dislike of Mr Biden, comparing the candidate to a "flashlight with a dying battery".

Rogan has previously had waves of support to host a debate like this.

Last year in August, a petition was set up for this exact scenario and garnered more than 258,000 signatures.

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