Joe Rogan's Won't Have Trump On 'The Joe Rogan' Experience:' Some People Might Disagree
With all of his strange and not-so-funny stances on gun control, conspiracy theories, and MMA, comedian Joe Rogan finally draws his "too little too late" line in the sand when it comes to who he will have on his controversial popular Spotify podcast The Joe Rogan Experience. Namely Donald Trump.
While guesting on the Lex Fridman Podcast on Monday, Joe Rogan went into why he would never have the disgraced former President on his podcast:
"The Trump era is also going to be one of the weirder times. When people look back historically about the division in this country, he's such a polarizing figure that so many people felt like they could abandon their own ethics and morals and principles just to attack him and anybody who supports him because he is an existential threat to democracy itself."
Rogan went on to talk about how Trump would run again. Fridman then puzzled if Rogan thought Trump had a chance of winning a second term. Rogan responded:
"Well, he's running against a dead man, you know? I mean, (Joe) Biden, shakes hands with people that aren't even there when he gets off stage. I think he's seeing ghosts."
He added:
"You see him on Jimmy Kimmel the other day? He was just rambling. I mean, he's - if he was anyone else, if he was a Republican, if that was Donald Trump doing that, every fucking talk show would be screaming for him to be off the air."
Rogan went on to deny support for Trump and any chance he might have of guesting on his podcast:
"By the way, I'm not a Trump supporter in any way, shape or form. I've had the opportunity to have him on my show more than once - I've said no, every time. I don't want to help him. I'm not interested in helping him."
Fridman wasn't so sure.
"I think you'll have him on. I think ultimately, I mean, you had, you've had a lot of people that I think you might, you may otherwise be skeptical. 'Would I have a good conversation?' Which I think is your metric, you don't care about politics ... And I think you had like Kanye (West) on, for example and you had a great conversation with them."
Rogan answered:
"Yeah, but Kanye's an artist. Kanye doing well or not doing well, doesn't change the course of our country."
Not for nothing, but if you remember the media circus surrounding Kanye when he visited Trump at the White House, stumping for him in his red MAGA cap with an entourage of camera people in tow, it probably didn't hurt Trump's image as much as it helped and more than likely changed the minds of a few. So, Joe, maybe you should rethink your stance on what celebrity influence can bring about. It helped elect a game show host as president and got you the most overpaid deal in podcasting history.
