
Joe Rogan deepens rift with Trump by praising 'hilarious' South Park episode that mocked naked president
During The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday, the podcaster sat down with former CIA officer Mike Baker and talked about the current 'chaos' of American politics.
Specifically, Rogan, who endorsed Trump, hit out on the controversial animated episode which featured Trump in bed with Satan, and a deepfake of the commander-in-chief wandering nude in the desert.
'There's so much chaos. It's so f***ed up. There's just so much madness. Oh my god. Did you see the episode?,' Rogan asked Baker.
'They did a Donald Trump one with Satan. It's f***ng hilarious.'
Baker told Rogan he did not watch it, but hailed the comedy as a 'great show.'
Rogan's recent comment comes after his continued criticism of Trump and his administration, especially when it comes to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The episode touched on the ongoing controversy taking over the country and the MAGA world, as it addressed the alleged Epstein client list.
The Department of Justice said it concluded the pedophile did not possess a 'client list' and decided against releasing any additional records from the probe.
Meanwhile, Trump was informed months ago by Attorney General Pam Bondi that his name appears 'multiple times' in the Epstein investigation files, among other high-profile people, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In last week's South Park episode, which was the season 27 premiere of the hit show, a naked Trump was seen laying in bed next to Satan before the two discussed the reported list.
'Another random b**** commented on my Instagram that you're on the Epstein list,' Satan said.
'The Epstein list?' Trump asks. 'Are we still talking about that?'
Attempting to get answers, Satan probes: 'Well, are you on the list or not? It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax.'
'I'm not telling everyone to relax,' Trump replies, before quipping: 'Relax, guy!'
During that same episode of his famed podcast, Rogan singled out FBI Director Kash Patel during his explosive take on the fallout over the alleged cover up relating to Epstein.
'When Kash Patel was on here and he was like "there was nothing", my thought was I'm going to put this out there and let the internet do its work,' Rogan said.
'The guy's saying there are no tapes, no video. That doesn't make any sense, everybody knows that doesn't make any sense.'
Rogan added: 'Then he's like, "Well, we have a film, we're gonna release that film", and the film has a f****** minute missing from it.'
The footage he had been referring to is surveillance clips of Epstein's New York City cell where he hung himself in 2019. The clip was released earlier this month.
'Do you think we're babies? Like, what is this?', the comedian and UFC color commentator added.
Bondi also allegedly acknowledged that the administration should withhold the files due to them containing images of child sexual abuse.
The president associated with Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell in the 1980s and 1990s.
Rogan has not just been critical of Trump's handling of the Epstein documents, but also his immigration raids across the county.
Earlier this month, he pleaded with the president to 'back off' on deporting migrants from the US during a secret dinner, sources revealed.
The media personality, who attended Trump's inauguration in January, dined with Trump and UFC CEO Dana White on June 30 - just three days before Rogan bashed the ICE raids, a person with knowledge of their conversations told The Washington Post.
He called the ICE raids 'insane' and 'horrific' in a July 3 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, and agreed with Amjad Masad, the CEO of Replit, that the actions of Trump's administration were 'disappointing.'
'There's two things that are insane,' the host said. 'One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers.
'Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?'
Rogan went on to mention the viral moment Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student who was detained by ICE agents at Tufts University in March who co-authored a critical essay on Israel.
'And that's enough to get you kicked out of the country,' he added, referring to Ozturk.
Not only has Rogan spoken out against Trump, but he recently urged a liberal lawmaker to run for president.
He fawned over Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico on his show about two weeks ago, telling the 36-year-old to begin a new generation of leadership.
Talarico is a former teacher who joined the Texas state legislature in 2018 at just 28. He often receives millions of views on Instagram clips where he shares his speeches and previously argued there are 'six genders.'
He is known as a devoutly religious lawmaker who rails against the rise of 'Christian Nationalism' on the right, a topic that earned Rogan's seal of approval this week.
After being told by Rogan to seek the White House, Talarico brushed off the remark.
'Can I actually push back on that?' he responded.
'We were talking about how politics has become a religion. This is one of the ways it does. People put all their faith in a politician.'
Talarico name checked Trump and former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders as examples, saying that while he 'likes Bernie... some people treat him as if he's a messianic figure.'
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