Podcast host Joe Rogan is becoming increasingly skeptical of the July 13 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, pointing out what he perceives to be concerning shortcomings by the US Secret Service and cautioning his listeners that conspiracies do exist.
At a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump was giving a speech when Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, started shooting from a nearby rooftop. Before Secret Service officials shot and killed Crooks, a gunshot skimmed the president’s ear, killing one attendee and wounding several more. Since then, a number of demonstration participants have come out to claim that they alerted authorities to a suspicious guy brandishing a gun well before the assault.
The whole thing doesn’t add up, Rogan told comic Sam Morril on his Joe Rogan Experience show. As you learn more about it, you start to wonder, “What’s going on?” “Said Rogan.” Ten minutes before to Trump taking the stage, they were aware of a suspicious individual, yet they still permitted him to do so. They noticed him carrying a weapon on the roof. They refused to place Secret Service operatives on the roof, claiming that it would be risky due to the roof’s slope.
The president getting shot, which he did, is more dangerous, Morril retorted. Rogan blasted the protective detail in agreement. He said, “They did such a terrible job.”
Rogan emphasized that he was using history rather than allegation. To be clear, they have previously planned assassinations, but I’m not accusing anyone of anything,” he stated. And that’s how it appears when they plan assassinations. One of their favorite things to do is to have a loser assassinate the president, after which they kill the loser and move on. All the leads are kind of stopped by this child.
He continued by raising the prospect that Crooks might have been trained. If you’re in the Secret Service and you spot a man 150 yards away from the president using a rangefinder, you tackle him. Rogan responded, “You don’t let him get on a ladder.” I would look for children like [the shooter] if I were a secret intelligence organization. Your moneymaker is that. That’s how it’s done. Perhaps his life is awful, and you may offer him support and friendship. “You could help America,” you tell the child. We are able to integrate you into the program.
Eventually, the subject turned to President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination, which is now regarded as one of the most contentious incidents in American history. “Listen,” Rogan remarked, “conspiracies do exist.” They don’t tell you what the devil happened in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. One thing you can be certain of is that.
The Secret Service has initiated an internal probe, and the FBI is looking into Crooks and what happened on July 13. However, the political consequences from the attack on President Trump is long behind, and Rogan’s efforts to fan the flames and make analogies to past assassinations only helped to increase his popularity during the campaign.
With his tariffs, Jeffrey Epstein, and international commerce taking center stage in the news, Trump is making significant strides in his second term.
