Donald Trump's delay after 3-hour Joe Rogan interview sends MAGA fans streaming out of his Michigan rally

MAGA fans who waited successful chilly bluish Michigan temperatures were streaming retired of Donald Trump's rally aft the campaigner was hours aboriginal aft cutting chopped a three-hour podcast interrogation with Joe Rogan successful Texas.

That whitethorn person been a astute mode to scope millions of listeners to Rogan's fashionable podcast, but it near a fewer 1000 fans watching videos successful an unfastened aerial hangar arsenic organizers stalled for clip earlier connection got retired that Trump would beryllium late. 

By the clip Trump announced a three-hour-delay connected Twitter, hundreds of supporters were already headed for the exits.

'Where's Trump?' yelled 1 connected the mode retired the door.

'That was a discarded of a day,' said different disappointed attendee.

The hold denied Trump the accidental to effort to seal the woody with hundreds of voters successful a important battleground state, successful a region wherever helium tin effort to slope votes to antagonistic a propulsion by Kamala Harris downstate.

Not each of Trump's supporters who near the venue were sore astatine him – and respective contacted by DailyMail.com took it successful stride.

"i person to enactment truly aboriginal successful the morning,' said Elizabeth Burkhardt, a cardiac stenographer. She got retired of enactment astatine 2pm and came consecutive to the rally, lone to permission astir six hours later.  

'You'll astir apt get a amended seat,' state presumption idiosyncratic Dee Johnson told her 7 twelvemonth aged son, Jason, arsenic she made plans to instrumentality aft buying a sausage from a nutrient truck. She drove up from Cadillac to spot Trump aft moving a 60-hour shift.

Stephanie Drenth near temporarily with her young kids Moses and Dorthy to get a stroller retired of her car with steadfast plans to return. 'We're already here, and it's already past his bedtime,' the registered caregiver said.

Jeff, a existent property idiosyncratic who flew up from Florida for the lawsuit astatine 6 americium and sported a Santa outfit, wasn't holding the hold against Trump. 'Heck no, I've seen him before,' helium said. 

Their travel for the exits came aft the Trump run tried to stall by playing a agelong Tucker Carlson video with behind-the-scenes footage of Trump.

The video yet froze, and the run switched to a descent amusement moving ads for MAGA hats and run slogans.

By 8:45 pm, much than an hr aft the scheduled commencement time, Montana Govenor Doug Burgum camem retired to work remarks. He joked astir coming from a acold authorities and being impressed by the remaining assemblage who weathered 50 grade temperatures. 

'I cognize that somne had to permission due to the fact that of household and kids – radical that were present for 12 hours,' said Burgum. 'Thank you for being here.' 

Speaking of Trump, the erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner said, 'I cognize helium feels atrocious that he’s precocious tonight. 

'I person been with him astatine 2 successful the greeting erstwhile he’s inactive moving ... He’s pumped up astir coming to Michigan tonight!'

Then helium called up to the signifier defeated Michigan politician campaigner Tudor Dixon. 

'We’ve got a peculiar dainty coming up - Tudor Dixon, she spoke to you earlier,' arsenic the brace stalled for clip by creating what Dixon called a mentation of her podcast.

Trump was backmost successful Michigan aft a brace of polls Wednesday gave his rival the borderline successful a cardinal portion of the Democrats' 'blue wall.' 

Harris leads Trump 49 to 46 successful the latest Quinnipiac University’s canvass of apt voters successful Michigan. 

A Bloomberg/Morning Consult canvass the aforesaid time had Harris astir astatine 50 percent, with Trump astatine 47 percent. 

Trump narrowly won Grand Traverse County successful 2020, but the metropolis itself is simply a bluish land successful a water of Republican support. He mislaid the authorities that year, having won it successful 2016.

The authorities is older than average, has beardown national support, and has much than 200,000 voters identifying arsenic Arab-American. 

Traverse City, wherever Trump held his rally astatine an airdrome hangar, is simply a abrogation spot nestled connected Grand Traverse Bay dotted with breweries and h2o sports opportunities.

Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the erstwhile Indianapolis politician who is simply a main Biden defender connected Fox News, moved his location present aft the election. 

Among those waiting to spot Trump were Jamin, a mechanical contractor, and his girl Nora. The begetter said helium saw Trump present 4 years ago. He said the U.S. had mislaid portion of its 'stance successful the world.'

'We're a superpower, and we request to enactment similar that,' helium said. He didn't outright endorse Trump's signature connection to effort to halt amerciable immigration. 'I don't cognize if that starts with a partition oregon not. But conscionable not allowing truthful galore amerciable immigrants to conscionable travel successful freely. You cognize we're surely the onshore of the free, truthful they're invited to come. Us a larboard of entry, right? Like you're expected to.'

Also backing Trump connected migration is Hellade Gasparetti, who immigrated from Brazil successful 2017. The caregiver works with aged patients said immigrants successful the state 'do a batch for the country, too. We person our role, let's accidental it that way, for the country. The occupation is the immigrants that are not legal,' she said. 

She doesn't follow Trump's ain rhetoric of saying determination was an 'invasion' of amerciable immigrants consisting of criminals and 'lunatics' – a operation helium utilized Friday.

She said she backed Trump's menace to deport amerciable migrants. 'I recognize that, due to the fact that it takes jobs from different people. It takes things from the ineligible ones,' she said. But she allowed, 'I don't deliberation each amerciable are bad, due to the fact that sometimes determination are antithetic reasons radical became illegal. I cannot accidental they are bad, but determination are atrocious successful everything - ineligible and illegal. 

Warming up the assemblage of a fewer 1000 for Trump was Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman, a fewer days aft President Biden flubbed by saying 'lock him up' erstwhile discussing Trump. Biden rapidly corrected himself to accidental fastener him up 'politically.'

'You cognize 8 years ago, what were we saying present astir Hillary? What was that chant 8 years ago? Lock her up, right?' said Bergman, a retired Marine lieutenant general. 'I retrieve starring that cheer. Well, however astir this one? How astir we conscionable propulsion Harris out? Let’s perceive it! Throw her out! Throw her out!' helium said, starring the crowd.