Joe Rogan praises Trump's 'perfect' promise to end Ukraine war
Joe Rogan praised former President Donald Trump for his promise to negotiate a peace deal if re-elected president.
Podcast host Joe Rogan and standup comedian Duncan Trussell slammed Democrats for abandoning their anti-war beliefs, and praised former President Donald Trump for advocating for peace in Ukraine as the threat of nuclear war looms.
Rogan spoke on a recent episode of his podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," about how the anti-war left of his youth has largely disappeared, suggesting Trump is one of very few leaders trying to bring the Russia-Ukraine conflict to a close.
The podcast host also condemned the "rah-rah aspect" of some politicians' political rhetoric about the Russia-Ukraine war, which he described as a "very complex issue."
Trussell quipped that it is like a "pep rally for murdering people."
Joe Rogan praised former President Donald Trump's rhetoric about the war in Ukraine during a recent episode of his podcast. (Spotify)
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Rogan then lamented that the anti-war left of his youth is missing in action, saying establishment Democrats and Republicans appear united to prolong the war in Ukraine.
"They're all united on this idea that they should continue. There's no one, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat," he observed, recalling that Democrats of the past were "always anti-war, always."
He went on to say, "This is the first time where the Democrats are, like, wholesale buying the narrative and ‘We have to stop Putin. We have to support Ukraine.’ I mean, how many Democrat, peaceful people that used to have syringes in their Twitter bio now have a Ukraine flag?"
Rogan praised Trump for his rhetoric in a CNN Town Hall in May, where the 2024 candidate boasted he could end the Russia-Ukraine war overnight if he were re-elected president.
"If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours," Trump declared, saying he would meet with presidents of both countries.
When Trump was asked whether he wants Ukraine or Russia to win the war, he answered, "I want everybody to stop dying. They're dying. Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I'll have that done. I'll have that done in 24 hours. I'll have it done. You need the power of the presidency to do it."
Rogan described Trump’s answer as "perfect" and mocked CNN for trying to make a "gotcha" moment "out of a subject that literally has the fate of the world in front of it," noting the possibility of nuclear war as people are "flippantly supporting this continued conflict with no talk at all about some sort of a compromise."
Trussell expressed his shock that Trump’s statement was seen as so controversial: "I always thought that was sort of the general consensus, like, among people who were sane was it's not good to blow each other up."
A Ukrainian tank fires in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, the site of fierce battles with Russian forces, on June 7, 2023. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)
He added that even an attempt to end a massive conflict is better than nothing. "You can’t fail worse than war," said Trussell.
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"Any attempt at like stopping a war without World War III or violence or whatever, it's glorious," he argued. "Even if it fails, even if it makes you look like a weak pathetic piece of s---, long term, you're going to look great if you were a peacemaker in the world."
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