Joe Rogan said that Donald Trump’s behaviour has been ‘nutty’ of late, prompting concerns about the 79-year-old president’s age.
Fellow comic Tom Segura appeared on Rogan’s show and suggested that Trump was ‘losing it’ based on some recent decisions, including the renaming of the Kennedy Centre after himself.
‘I think everybody does when you get to a certain age,’ agreed Rogan, before agreeing that Trump’s recent behaviour was ‘nutty.’
Rogan, who supported Trump in 2024, then brought up the president’s new ‘wall of fame’ plaques that brutally trolled Joe Biden and Barack Obama on his podcast.
‘There’s nothing nuttier than the plaques underneath the president’s names,’ Rogan said.
Biden is referred to by his nickname ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ and dubbed ‘by far, the worst President in American History’ in his plaque.
As Rogan went on reading the plaques, he asked: ‘How is this real? How are you allowed to do that?’
Amid his befuddlement, Rogan suggested that Trump get ‘a right-hand man’ who would talk him down from his worst impulses.
Given Trump’s age and the strain of his work and life in recent years, Rogan speculated that it might be something he needs.
‘The stress of going through what that guy went through, where they were trying to jail him when they were going after him with the Russia thing, the Russia hoax, and all that s**t,’ he said.
He also pointed out that the president was still under 18 months from when he faced an assassination attempt.
‘Like they were trying everything they could to destroy him, just that alone has gotta break your brain, and then they took a shot at him.’
Rogan’s age concerns arise at the end of a year in which the administration has consistently sought to clarify the president’s health.
Earlier this month, a leaked version of his schedule showed that Trump is regularly working over 10 hours a day.
Over nearly two weeks, the president averaged about 21 meetings a day, with travel and other events adding to the long, gruelling hours in the White House.
The president regularly begins his day at about 8:30 in the morning with a string of calls, then takes an average of 21 different meetings with staff, politicians, and dignitaries. One day, he had a meeting with an unidentified ‘television personality.’
The president also regularly checks in with America’s business community, as meetings with various CEOs populated 10 of the 12 days.
Some of these meetings take as little as a few minutes, but others can go on for much longer, as Trump met with the likes of ‘Ice Maiden’ Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and other key cabinet figures.
On December 3, Trump held a total of 32 events, easily his busiest day, while the day of the Pennsylvania rally, December 9, was his longest, running from 9:46 am to 10:55 pm.
The average day doesn’t tend to end for Trump until well after 8 pm, though he doesn’t even hold to that sometimes, as his appearance at the primetime Congressional ball showed Thursday.
This came after a New York Times piece claimed that, on average, Trump would start scheduled events at 10.31 am during his first term in 2017.
However, this year, the President began attending events later in the afternoon, on average at 12.08 pm.
‘Name-calling and personal insults don’t change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this,’ A Times spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
‘Expert and thorough reporters like Katie Rogers exemplify how an independent and free press helps the American people better understand their government and its leaders.’
The overall number of Trump’s official appearances at White House events has declined by 39 per cent compared to his first term, according to the New York Times’s analysis.
Earlier this year, images emerged from the Oval Office showing Trump with bruising on his hand, which was sometimes covered up by makeup. The White House claimed the bruising originates from the president shaking too many hands.
After images showed him with swollen legs and ankles, the White House announced in July that he had been diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency – a condition where leg veins can’t send blood back to the heart efficiently.
On Tuesday, Trump travelled to Mount Pocono, in the northeast part of the commonwealth, to give what was billed as a speech on the economy.
In fact, the event had the makings of a campaign rally, as he defended his second-term record ahead of next year’s midterm races in front of a boisterous gathering of MAGA faithful.
During Joe Biden’s presidency, Trump and his Republican supporters criticised the Democratic leader for his advanced age, lack of public appearances, and cognitive decline.
There’s nothing normal about Donald Trump’s ongoing loathing and emotionalism. Not once did Joe Biden call Trump or another leader demeaning names, and as for Trump’s behaviour. Hasn’t he been like this the entire time?
Obviously, we can’t be sure what is wrong with Donald Trump, but evidently, something is wrong; on the other hand, he’s no spring chicken, and nobody can beat becoming old, but then there’s knowing when to quit and leave office for someone else to take over.
At this point, you can’t seriously with a good conscience look at Donald Trump and not think that he is losing his marbles, and anybody who doesn’t is incredibly delusional to listen to the absolute nonsense that comes out of his mouth.
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 