Joe Rogan Spills On Mysterious Exchange With Trump At UFC Fight: ‘This Is The Truth’ | EUROtoday

Joe Rogan on Tuesday addressed rumors surrounding his current encounter with President Donald Trump, as their inaudible alternate at a UFC combat earlier this month had sparked hypothesis that they’d fallen out over Rogan’s varied criticisms of the MAGA chief.

The podcaster is a frequent Trump ally however has additionally voiced frustration over the Iran battle and different points, main some to imagine he acquired an earful on April 11 when cameras caught Trump leaning in to share some phrases forward of a combat on the Kaseya Center in Florida.

“It was literally the opposite,” mentioned Rogan on the newest episode of his podcast.

“I texted him on Friday about ibogaine, and I was telling him how there’s all these vets —” he defined, earlier than including, “I had these guys on the podcast and I know so many people that have done it, particularly soldiers that have done it and people with opiate [addictions].”

The comic and UFC commentator has lengthy espoused the obvious advantages of varied unlawful substances and notably joined Trump on the Oval Office on Saturday as he signed an government order directing the FDA to expedite the evaluation of sure psychedelics.

Rogan defined on his present that they had been in contact forward of the UFC encounter.

“I told him about it, I said how effective it is, and I said it’s been held up for so long,” mentioned Rogan about ibogaine. “And he said, ‘What are you looking for? You looking for FDA approval?’ He goes, ‘It sounds good to me.’ He said, ‘Let’s do it.’”

The podcaster continued, “And so, literally, he sees me at the UFC the next day, shakes my hand and says, ‘It’s done.’ That’s what he was saying. I said, ‘Thank you, sir.’ It wasn’t like he was mad at me at all; it was the opposite … This is the truth. That’s exactly what happened.”

Rogan has additionally expressed concern and frustration with Trump’s battle on Iran, which has already value a minimum of 13 U.S. service members and greater than 3,000 Iranians their lives, calling the battle “fucking terrifying” on an episode of his podcast final week.

He added on the time, “Anytime you’re involved with, you’re shooting missiles into towns and blowing things up, blowing up infrastructure, blowing up bridges, and Israel’s blowing up Lebanon now. It’s like, what the fuck are we doing? How is this still going on?”

Rogan was nonetheless invited Saturday when Trump signed the chief order, seemingly confirming he hasn’t damaged with the MAGA chief — not like former Trump allies Tucker Carlson, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Alex Jones.

The comic recalled greeting Trump on the UFC combat, “He came to me, and he said, ‘It’s done, we’re going to take care of it. This is a good thing, it’s a good thing for the soldiers, good thing for everybody.’ And then he had the press conference the next week.”