“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.
Remember, Rogan is not a thought leader, he's simply a good conversationalist. And by good conversationalist, I mean that he's interested in tons of topics and willing to give his guest space to run.
Lately he's given space to some folks we support, but that doesn't at all mean he's woken up. As the quote above proves quite nicely.