Joe Rogan Says Trump “Betrayed” His Base Over Iran War
Bulwark Takes
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Sam Stein and Tim Miller give their takes on Joe Rogan’s surprisingly blunt reaction to Donald Trump’s war with Iran. Rogan says many supporters feel “betrayed” after Trump campaigned on ending “stupid wars,” only to launch major strikes that have now killed U.S. troops and raised fears of wider conflict. Sam and Tim dig into Rogan’s political evolution and why this moment is so uncomfortable for the MAGA-friendly podcast world. After years of embracing Trump as the anti-war outsider, figures in the “podcast bro” ecosystem are now confronting the possibility that they misjudged him.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:00.9 | It's me, Sam Stein, managing out of the Bullwark, joined by Tim Miller. What is your even title? Our founder, extraordinaire. I was out of founder. Came in late on the host of the board podcast. Commentator, talent, takes man. Takes man is a good one. Okay, let's go to takes man. I consider you a founder. Anyways, we're here to talk about Joe Rogan, the Iran War, and whether or not this actually signaled something bigger, I know there's been a lot of talking about what, like, Magan, if they're like support of the war and whatever. We're going to get into all that on this bulwark takes. Appreciate your subscription to our channel. So, Tim, today, Rogan's going on his pod. You know, it's a multiple hour |
| 0:38.8 | affair. But a couple clips that surfaced, which were interesting. And I guess somewhat |
| 0:42.8 | expected, considering how he's felt about the stuff in the past, where he finally addresses |
| 0:46.9 | what's happening in Iran. Let's play the 15-second clip, because I think that one is more |
| 0:52.3 | interesting, where he talks about the feeling |
| 0:54.6 | of betrayal that folks have over what is happening in Iran. |
| 0:58.4 | Which just seems so insane based on what he ran on. |
| 1:01.8 | I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed, right? |
| 1:04.0 | He ran on No More Wars and these stupid senseless wars and then we have one that we can't |
| 1:10.7 | even really clearly |
| 1:12.0 | define why we did it. |
| 1:14.2 | All right. |
| 1:14.7 | How many times can this man feel betrayed? |
| 1:17.0 | I feel like this is like the six or seventh betrayal that Joe Rogan has endured over |
| 1:23.6 | Donald Trump. |
| 1:24.4 | And at some point, I feel like Joe Rogan should just do an hour podcast |
| 1:28.0 | where he just talks to himself in the mirror about like what happened. I think he's processing |
| 1:32.8 | and just in the spirit of radical candor. I've not consumed the two to three hour Joe Rogan |
| 1:39.6 | interview with Michael Schellenberger. And I do not intend to. But I did talk to our guy, Brandon, who watched a lot of it. |
| 1:47.4 | Just so I had a greater, fuller picture beyond what was happening in these little clips. |
| 1:52.7 | And one of the things that Brendan said to me was that it was kind of testy. |
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