Joe Rogan says he feels “betrayed” by Trump over the Iran war. Tucker Carlson went on air and apologized for “misleading” his audience. Eight of the fourteen bro-podcast hosts Trump campaigned with have turned against the war. Day 56 of a conflict the no-more-wars candidate started — he’s blockading Iranian ports and just cancelled peace talks because the flights were “too long.”
These are the guys who handed Trump the keys. Rogan gave him three hours of softballs. Carlson gave him months of uncritical coverage. They sold the no-more-wars line to millions of people and now they’re doing the confused face. The gap between them and everyone who saw this coming is not intelligence — it’s that they had microphones and chose this.
An Iowa Whirlpool worker who lost their job in March doesn’t get to process “betrayal” on a podcast. They just lose the job. Rogan loses a vibe and gets to grieve it publicly with a nine-figure net worth behind him. That’s the difference. You built this, you get to live in it — just like everyone else.