Podcast host Joe Rogan on “The Joe Rogan Experience” Tuesday suggested it was important for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to order military leadership to convene in Quantico, Virginia, following four years of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
During his speech at Quantico, Hegseth announced his department would mandate all military members pass two fitness tests per year, regardless of rank, and to meet the highest combat standards previously reserved solely for men. Rogan argued on his podcast that President Donald Trump’s administration seemed focused on military strength, while the Biden administration prioritized “identity politics.”
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“[S]upposedly … they want to get all the generals together and give them some sort of a moral and ethical mandate. Like preparedness,” Rogan said. “‘This is what we want the military to be. No more fucking politics no more identity politics and bullshit. The most important thing is be ready. Be ready. Have the best, most capable military that’s humanly possible given the resources that we have today. This is where our goal is. This is where our job is,’ which makes sense.”
One of Rogan’s guests, Andy Bishop of The Red Clay Strays band, asked whether it was necessary for the Trump administration “to call everybody together” to disseminate that message. Rogan responded by criticizing the Biden administration.
“Well, you saw what the fuck was going on over the last four years,” the podcast host said. “You got guys in dresses talking about how it’s really important to have inclusiveness. ‘It’s the most important thing about the military is inclusivity.’”
Biden’s Defense Department repeatedly pushed for inclusivity. The U.S. military and Pentagon under Biden had turned into a “vast DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] bureaucracy,” according to a year-long study by the Arizona State University Center for American Institutions published in June 2024.
Rogan particularly called out nonbinary former senior Department of Energy (DOE) official Sam Brinton as a “crazy” person under the Biden administration.
“We had crazy people that were in charge of very important positions, including that guy that was stealing women’s clothes,” Rogan said. “That guy was in charge of like fucking nuclear waste and he’s running around stealing people’s underwear. With lipstick and a bald head.”
“Not just stealing, but he stole this one lady who was like a famous designer,” he added. “It was a one-off dress … He wore it to some event and the lady was like, ‘Hey, motherfucker, that’s mine. Like, someone stole that shit from the airport.’ And that’s how he got busted.”
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