Is Joe Rogan’s Alliance With Elon Musk a Threat to Democrats?
“He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way. For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump.”
Just when you thought the shock poll out of Iowa on Saturday would be the last surprise of this election cycle, America’s most influential podcaster, Joe Rogan, conducted an unannounced interview with Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a top surrogate for the Trump campaign, on Monday evening. Although this was not their initial encounter, it was the first time they’ve spoken since Musk’s foray into politics. That it ended with Rogan’s endorsement of former President Donald Trump was secondary to the clear and powerful bond that formed between the pair over their nearly three hour conversation.
The two men agreed on everything from video gaming to diet. But by far, the most crucial was their recognition that the Biden administration has inflicted one fraud after another on the country and that if Kamala Harris prevails on Tuesday, it will be the end of America as we know her.
Afterward, Rogan posted the podcast on X along with the following remarks: “The great and powerful @elonmusk. If it wasn’t for him we’d be f***ed. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way. For the record, yes, that’s an endorsement of Trump. Enjoy the podcast.”
The great and powerful @elonmusk.
If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump.
Enjoy the podcast pic.twitter.com/LdBxZFVsLN— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 5, 2024
Rogan thanked Musk for buying Twitter and turning it into a free speech platform. He was especially grateful for Musk’s courage in exposing the unholy alliance between the Democratic Party, the FBI, Big Tech, and the legacy media, which worked together to manipulate the free flow of information to voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. These powerful entities abused their powers to achieve a common goal: the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, which arguably swayed the outcome of the election. The series of reports that began rolling out in November 2022 were known as “The Twitter Files.”
The two discussed the Biden administration’s war on the First Amendment. Rogan noted that because Musk opened up his platform to free speech, other social media forums, such as Facebook, were forced to relax censorship on theirs as well.
They spoke about the numerous “hoaxes” perpetrated by the Left over the past few years, the most recent one being that Trump called for Liz Cheney to be shot by a firing squad. By simply showing the public the “source materials,” many of these deceptions can be stopped in their tracks, Musk said.
This interview Joe Rogan just did with Elon Musk is fabulous.
Here they are talking about censorship and how easy it’s becoming now to debunk lies if you just use 𝕏.
“Go to the source material” which you’ll find on 𝕏 because it won’t be censored.pic.twitter.com/UN58xPfz9o
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) November 4, 2024
They criticized the government’s insistence that the lab leak theory of Covid’s origin was a conspiracy theory, condemned Biden’s vaccine mandate, and agreed that Dr. Fauci was “a monster.”
Musk expressed his concern that if Harris wins the election, “They’ll freaking shut [X] down. There’s no way that the … Kamala regime would allow X to exist.”
Rogan asked Musk if there were actually a way to do that. He replied, “They can just sick the DOJ on [us], you know, and say like … they’ve had this whole thing about hate speech, misinformation, whatever. Except they’re the ones pushing the misinformation, but that doesn’t stop them from filing massive lawsuits and using the DOJ.”
Musk said a Harris administration would also take aim at SpaceX. He explained, “The DOJ has been attacking SpaceX, for example, for not hiring asylum seekers even though it isn’t legal for SpaceX to hire anyone who is not a permanent resident of the US. So we’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t.”
Addressing the saga of “Peanut the Squirrel,” the story that captured America’s attention last week, the subject turned to the government’s abuse of power.
Rogan said, “They’ve done such a job of painting Trump as a monster.” Acknowledging that Trump is not a perfect person, he said that none of us are. The Left “takes the worst things that he’s ever said,” presents them out of context and amplifies them.
Pointing out the Democrats’ hypocrisy, Rogan called out former President Barack Obama, saying, “If Obama was a perfect person, he wouldn’t be lying on stage about the ‘very fine people hoax.'”
NEW: Elon Musk and Joe Rogan rip the Democratic party for spreading hoax after hoax, call out President Barack Obama.
The pair also called out YouTube for the apparent suppression of the Trump-Rogan interview.
"What the flying f**k? He doesn't give a f*ck." Musk said in… pic.twitter.com/hHzPRyAzmI
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 4, 2024
They marveled at Trump’s amazing resilience in the face of everything (including abuse of the law) Democrats have done to drive him away from Washington, D.C.
Rogan agreed that most people would have quit. “But he’s so f***in crazy, he’s like, come on, we’re going to war. He digs his f***in heels in and keeps going.”
Blasting the Democrats’ claim that Trump is a threat to democracy, Rogan noted the party had just “install[ed] a candidate without a primary, that’s the least-liked vice president of all-time. … And then used gaslighting and the full force of the media to turn her into the future and hope.” He ridiculed Harris running on change after being in office for four years.
Regarding the Biden administration’s decision to open our southern border, Musk said, These illegals “haven’t just walked across the border, they’ve been flown in airplanes to the swing states.”
“I think the [reason the] left doesn’t want push back on this is because the more attention they get, the more people realize it is true,” he added. “They’re literally flying vast numbers of illegals who are then beholden to the Democrats, staying in the country and getting their friends to vote Democrat.”
Musk sees this election “as a turning point, a fork in the road of destiny that is terribly important.”
He issued a warning: “I think this is the last election. If Trump doesn’t win, this is the last election.”
Musk continued: “There will be no escape. This is it. This is the last chance man. Go out and vote.” Looking directly into the camera, he told voters, “Vote like your life depends on it. Vote like your future depends on it, because it does. This is the last chance.”
Joe Rogan agrees with Elon Musk that if Trump does not win, it will be the last election due to illegal immigrants:
Elon Musk: “If Trump doesn't win, this is the last election.”
Joe Rogan: “I think you're right.”
“I think a lot of people are waking that have been lifelong… pic.twitter.com/LC9067bxaG
— End Tribalism in Politics (@EndTribalism) November 4, 2024
Democrats will obviously be dismayed to see the simpatico between these two influential men who are now on the same team – and arrayed against them. And infuriated that shortly after the interview ended, Rogan, who typically shies away from such things, endorsed Trump. Given that Rogan’s podcast reaches millions of viewers each day, he’s a dangerous enemy.
But Rogan is simply the latest prominent Democrat to leave the party behind. Disgusted by the Biden administration’s brazen power grab, many powerful Democrats have already left the party. Recent defections include lawyer and political activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.
After years of getting away with one incredible hoax after another, Democrats began to think of themselves as invincible. But as time marches on, and more of the truth about their agenda is revealed to the American people, they’re beginning to realize that nothing lasts forever.
🚨 President Trump just learned in real time on stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that Joe Rogan endorsed him:
“Thank you, Joe! That’s so nice.” https://t.co/DtwDuYIBqc pic.twitter.com/4cVTUiRKZO
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 5, 2024
The full interview can be viewed below.
Elizabeth writes commentary for The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a member of the Editorial Board at The Sixteenth Council, a London think tank. Please follow Elizabeth on X or LinkedIn.
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yes and thank god!!
rogan was forced to move from his idea of paradise
b/c of support for the criminal blmplo movement
thats what changed his and about 30+% of americans towards trump
What I don’t understand is why outright criminal, racketeering, conspiracies, are being called hoaxes, They are not a simple hoax, they are malicious.
Joe Rogan is a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and comedian. Unfortunately, he never rose to the ranks of having a Reality TV show like Trump.
“If Trump doesn’t win, this is the last election.”
We’re at the end of the line anyway, whether he wins or not. America is at the point where who runs its government hinges on the endorsements of celebrities and media outlets, and the actions and donations of ultra-rich people on both sides, instead of the will of the people. It’s been a good run, but we’re screwed.
true and they made sure to import more troops
I hope that expulsions takes care of the illegal problem. We should be crowd sourcing identification of illegals right after Trump becomes president.
A most emphatic “yes.” If Harris wins today, both Musk and Rogan will be prime targets. While a cliche, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” describes exactly what will happen to Musk, Rogan and many others, including Trump. A Harris win will become a mandate for full American fascism. The Democrats, together with the “blob,” will do everything They warn us about Trump. I also warn my fellow Jews: you’re next. Don’t think for a moment that your historical embrace of the Democratic Party, and its socialist agenda will protect you. You are disposable once no longer useful. The rise of anti-semitism on campus tells us everything. I expect most secular and Reform Jews will vote for Harris. I hope i’m wrong.
Speaking of Beria. He too fell victim to the monster he helped create. He was accused of treason and terrorism and put on trial in December 1953 with no defense counsel and no right of appeal. Found guilty he and his co-defendants were immediately executed. He immediately became a non-person. Subscribers to The Great Soviet Encyclopedia were mailed a razor blade with instructions to cut out the article on “Beria” and replace it with the enclosed article on the Bering Straits. Today we have no need for such crude physical tampering. With digital editing the offending material is changed. The Times has already done this.
Finally I advise people to copy their Amazon and Apple Book files to a USB key, encrypt it, and store it in a safe place. Some of the books you own could one day become illegal to possess once POTUS finds a hate speech, and misinformation exception to 1A. Think I’m being too paranoid? Lean from history. Learn from what has been done to Trump.
Rogan isn’t ‘allied’ with anybody.
He waited until basically the last minute possible, saw which way the wind was blowing, and tried to jump on the bandwagon.
Maybe, time will eventually show us his true colors. In the meantime, I am willing to cautiously give him the benefit of doubt.
He didn’t have to host Trump on his podcast or Elon Musk (twice). His show has a tremendous reach with people who may have tuned out of politics or decided it wasn’t worth voting. I’m not going to criticize him for being relatively late to the game. At least he showed up.
I know, why bother on the last day?