In his own scorched-earth way, former President Donald Trump on Monday instructed podcast star Joe Rogan to “stop apologizing” to the “radical left maniacs.”
“Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” Trump said in a statement injecting himself into a controversy that has nothing to do with him.
“How many ways can you say you’re sorry?” Trump asked. “Joe, just go about what you do so well and don’t let them make you look weak and frightened.”
“I’m very sorry that they feel that way,” Rogan said. “I most certainly don’t want that. I’m a Neil Young fan. I’ve always been a Neil Young fan. And definitely no hard feelings towards Joni Mitchell. I love her, too.”
Rogan also apologized to any listeners he has “pissed off.”
But he didn’t exactly say he was sorry for misinformation. He said his podcast guests “have an opinion that is different from the mainstream narrative. I wanted to hear what their opinion is.”
Rogan did promise to do more research “and have all the pertinent facts at hand before I discuss them.”
Rogan also apologized for that, calling it the “most regretful and shameful that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.”
“There’s nothing I can do to take that back. I wish I could. Obviously, that’s not possible,” Rogan added, though he insisted he had used the word “in context.”
