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Joe Rogan claims Trump started the war in Iran to distract Americans from the Epstein files
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2026
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Joe Rogan will never outlive his contribution to this. He will be denigrated in history as a sophist, an ignoramus, and a fascist sympathizer, if not a fascist himself. His children will deny him and do everything they can to distance themselves from his legacy. So let it be written.
He made a lot of money doing it. That's all he cares about.
Joe represents the average American really well.
I don't really care. If he can help lead people back from crazy land, I'm all for it.
I doubt he will. If you wandered that deep into crazyland, chances are you belong there. I suspect he still wants crazyland - just a different brand from what the clown-in-chief is creating. That's fine by me if it creates a civil war among the crazies.
If you just give up on a third of the country, then the country will never heal from this. Like it or not, there has to be forgiveness for those who admit they were wrong. Otherwise this never ends and the USA is over.
Keep going we’re almost there