Rogan says Trump voters feel betrayed after Iran war got really out of hand in split from prez

Podcaster Joe Rogan discussed the war in Iran with actor Michael Douglas Wednesday, arguing the conflict has angered supporters of President Donald Trump, who voted for him in part because of his promises to avoid new wars.“I do not like this Iran war in any way, shape or form,” Rogan said.“It doesn’t make any sense for us.

It seems like it’s getting really out of hand.They were trying to get every single president, including Trump in his first term, to do this,” Rogan said on his podcast.Douglas, who is both Jewish and a pro-Israel Democrat, agreed that the conflict was a mistake.“Now we’ve done it, and it’s very clear it’s a giant quagmire.

It’s very clear there’s no easy way out.Not good,” Rogan said.“And there’s still a lot of people that insist that it had to happen, that Iran was the greatest funder of state terrorism in the world and that what they were doing was, you know, funding and arming these forces and having them do these — to commit these terrorist attacks.

And I’m sure a lot of that’s true.”“I concur,” Douglas said, noting his concern about the expansion of the conflict after an attack on an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which he compared to attacks on major U.S.airports.“I’m surprised with all of our Western intelligence and Israelis’ intelligence that we have not had a better handle on the situation.”Rogan responded to criticism that the Trump administration had been persuaded the conflict would be an easy victory, saying, “Well, look, obviously I’m not an expert on international relations, but I don’t think the picture that they painted of how this was going to go down was even remotely accurate.”“Yeah,” Douglas agreed.

After Rogan recalled Iran’s crackdowns on protesters and mass arrests, Douglas said there have been “tens of thousands” of arrests and appeared to suggest the war was instigated by Israel.“I think it was instigated by Israel by the fact that they had info...