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 nan campaigner was hours later aft cutting trim a three-hour podcast question and reply pinch Joe Rogan successful Texas.

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

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

'Where's Trump?' yelled 1 connected nan measurement retired nan door.

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

The hold denied Trump nan chance to effort to seal nan woody pinch hundreds of voters successful a important battleground state, successful a region wherever he tin effort to slope votes to antagonistic a push by Kamala Harris downstate.

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

"i person to activity really early successful nan morning,' said Elizabeth Burkhardt, a cardiac stenographer. She sewage retired of activity astatine 2pm and came consecutive to nan rally, only to time off astir six hours later.  

'You'll astir apt get a amended seat,' state position worker Dee Johnson told her 7 twelvemonth aged son, Jason, arsenic she made plans to return 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 pinch her young kids Moses and Dorthy to get a stroller retired of her car pinch patient plans to return. 'We're already here, and it's already past his bedtime,' nan registered caregiver said.

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

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

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

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

'I cognize that somne had to time off because of family and kids – group that were present for 12 hours,' said Burgum. 'Thank you for being here.' 

Speaking of Trump, nan erstwhile statesmanlike campaigner said, 'I cognize he feels bad that he’s precocious tonight. 

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

Then he called up to nan shape defeated Michigan politician campaigner Tudor Dixon. 

'We’ve sewage a typical dainty coming up - Tudor Dixon, she said to you earlier,' arsenic nan brace stalled for clip by creating what Dixon called a type of her podcast.

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

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

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

Trump narrowly won Grand Traverse County successful 2020, but nan metropolis itself is simply a bluish land successful a reservoir of Republican support. He mislaid nan 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 picnic spot nestled connected Grand Traverse Bay dotted pinch breweries and h2o sports opportunities.

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

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

'We're a superpower, and we request to enactment for illustration that,' he said. He didn't outright endorse Trump's signature connection to effort to extremity forbidden immigration. 'I don't cognize if that starts pinch a wall aliases not. But conscionable not allowing truthful galore forbidden immigrants to conscionable travel successful freely. You cognize we're surely nan onshore of nan 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 useful pinch aged patients said immigrants successful nan state 'do a batch for nan country, too. We person our role, let's opportunity it that way, for nan country. The problem is nan immigrants that are not legal,' she said. 

She doesn't adopt Trump's ain rhetoric of saying location was an 'invasion' of forbidden immigrants consisting of criminals and 'lunatics' – a building he utilized Friday.

She said she backed Trump's threat to deport forbidden migrants. 'I understand that, because it takes jobs from different people. It takes things from nan ineligible ones,' she said. But she allowed, 'I don't deliberation each forbidden are bad, because sometimes location are different reasons group became illegal. I cannot opportunity they are bad, but location are bad successful everything - ineligible and illegal. 

Warming up nan crowd 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 quickly corrected himself to opportunity 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, really astir this one? How astir we conscionable propulsion Harris out? Let’s perceive it! Throw her out! Throw her out!' he said, starring nan crowd.