“They always like to talk about the deep state. What I was saying is, what if we didn’t have a deep state? Do you know how fucked we would be if we didn’t have career politicians and career intelligence agencies. People who are there for a long period of time who do understand it.”

Rogan, who was speaking with former CIA covert operations officer Mike Baker, argued that President Joe Biden proves the importance of having a robust government made up of career civil servants.

“Listen, I’ve disrespected Joe Biden enough, I don’t think I should do it anymore,” he said. “I’ve said enough about him being mentally incompetent.