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Joe Rogan has suggested President Donald Trump is using ICE raids and fraud claims in Minnesota to distract people from the stalled release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 255 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This would be the guy you enthusiastically helped get back into power Joe.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 120 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Joe is the empty vessel through which corporate opinion flows, uninhibited.

He'll say whatever you want, whenever you want, to whomever you want if you just cover his fees.

He's the white man's Oprah.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He’s the white man’s Oprah.

Ugh... You're right and I hate it.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

He's right and it's hilarious

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 11 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Alternately, he doesn't like the fact that he has blood on his hands.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

If he admitted he was wrong to back him I'd support it. He could provide an emotional out for MAGA types who may be regretting their choice now. "If Joe Rogan is regretting it..."

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He's always had blood on his hands. He was pro trump the first time.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Well considering what we know about his wonderful secrets with his enigma pals, blood isn't the only bodily fluid on his hands. And it's not sweat either the guy doesn't do real work.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah but it's pretty hilarious when the leopard eats his face, like when he shat himself and ran into his walk-in medicine cabinet when he caught COVID.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

"you get an opnion...and YOU get an opinion... and you..."

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

To say corporate opinion flows uninhibited ignores the million of dollars used to make it flow. Ignores the pump of millions of dollars moving corporate talking points from the assholes of the rich to Joe's mouth.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A million bucks in a trillion dollar economy is a drop in the budget. Joe Rogan is a cheap date at the scale of international media.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

The thing is though, it's only market capitalizations at those obscene levels. There are few companies worth a trillion dollars intrinsically, probably none, idk maybe exxon or apple could count. But all the tech companies, tesla, nvidia,, are all so overpriced it beggars reason.

Everyone knows they aren't worth that much but they know they can trade at those amounts, it's divorced from fundamentals. Tesla is giving musk many times more in value in that 60 billion pay package than the company is intrinsically worth, maybe 10 billion dollars, maybe. Probably less given their flagship truck was a piece of shit in like 10 ways and he alienated half the west with his nazi bullshit. And nazis don't want electric cars, they've always been partial to gas...

Anyway sorry long tangent to say millions of dollars is still quite significant if they are realizing it in actual capital. If paying in overpriced stock it's a drop in the bucket.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Fuck this dude and all, but I’m not going to look a gift horse the mouth. If he’s even partially waking up to reality, and influencing his audience about Trump’s shitty actions, I’ll take it.

Dictators are successful when they have populist energy fueling them, and I’ll take help from anyone that makes this guy less popular.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

I agree, but still want Joe to hang.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's not. He is just trying to claw back some listeners so that he is still relevant to endorse the next fascist that comes along.

[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Exactly. He’s a glorified influencer, his opinions reside with his profits.

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Joe needs to do far more heavy lifting. Passively raising concerns is cute, but doesn't come close to the damage done by his Active effort to get Trump re-elected.

When his rhetoric becomes decisively anti-Republican, I'll consider giving him a cookie.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

his current fans are mostly mma-conservative people, so unlikely. the old ones criticizes him.