Joe Rogan: Iran War Is 'Absolutely Terrifying'

Podcaster ramps up his criticism of Trump's strategy as reckless
Posted Apr 17, 2026 7:35 AM CDT
Joe Rogan: Iran War Is 'Absolutely Terrifying'
Joe Rogan attends President Trump's second inauguration in the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.   (Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP, File)

Joe Rogan's split with President Trump is only deepening. In a new podcast interview with comedian David Cross, Rogan amplified his previous criticism of the Iran war. "All of it's terrifying," Rogan said, reports Mediaite. "Any time you're involved with—you're shooting missiles into towns and blowing things up, blowing up infrastructure, blowing up bridges—you know, and Israel's blowing up Lebanon now. It's like, what the f--- are we doing?"

Rogan also agreed with Cross' assessment that "there was no plan" going into the war. "[Benjamin] Netanyahu has been telling the United States that Iran was months away from building a nuclear bomb for 30 years, or 20 years at least," Rogan said. "They've always been saying that. Trump was the first one to go, 'All right, let's do something about it.' But it seems like they didn't know what the f--- they were going to do." Cross responded that something had already been done, a reference to the nuclear pact signed by Barack Obama and undone by Trump in his first term, per the Hill.

Rogan notably endorsed Trump late in the 2024 election, but he has been one of several big supporters to accuse Trump of breaking his pledge to keep the US out of wars. Earlier this month, Trump lashed out at four conservative commentators in particular—Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones—as "nutjobs" because of their criticism of him on that front.

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