‘People feel betrayed’: Joe Rogan calls out Trump hypocrisy as MAGA sees shift over Iran war

The right-wing podcast host is among a growing list of conservative media moguls turning on the president they once supported.

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Though President Donald Trump’s vice grip on right-wing culture helped push him to the presidency not once but twice, his war in Iran may have pushed away some of the most powerful voices in the so-called MAGA media, including podcaster Joe Rogan.

Rogan is among the growing list of conservative political pundits who have taken a stance against the war in Iran. On the March 10 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan and his guest, journalist Michael Shellenberger, discussed Trump’s motivations for the war, with Rogan calling out the president’s hypocrisy.

“It just seems so insane based on what he ran on,” Rogan said. “I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed, right? He ran on ‘No more wars, end these stupid, senseless wars,’ and then we have one that we can’t even really clearly define why we did it.”

When Shellenberger pushed back, saying Trump specifically ran on the promise of no “endless wars,” Rogan replied, “They’re all endless.”

Though Rogan endorsed Trump in the 2024 election, he’s since been a frequent critic of the president.

The war in Iran has specifically been a sticking point for several right-wing media moguls: Tucker Carlson reportedly personally lobbied Trump against going to war. Ann Coulter posted on X, saying the war “does not make one American safer.” Matt Walsh said on social media that the conflict’s messaging is “to put it mildly, confused.” Megyn Kelly spoke out against the war on her own show, saying, “We’ve got seven U.S. personnel dead. We’ve got a girls school—175 young girls dead, in Iran.”

Trump has a simple counterargument for Republican voices turning against him: those people, he says, are not truly MAGA. 

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