Rogan warns Trump's voters feel betrayed by Iran war with 'no easy way out'

Podcaster Joe Rogan discussed the war in Iran with actor Michael Douglas on Wednesday, arguing that the conflict has angered supporters of President Donald Trump, who voted for him in part because of his promises to avoid new wars.

"I do not like this Iran war in any way, shape, or form," Rogan said. "It doesn't make any sense for us. It seems like it's getting really out of hand. They were trying to get every single president, including Trump in his first term, to do this," Rogan said on his podcast.

Douglas, who is both Jewish and a pro-Israel Democrat, agreed that the conflict was a mistake.

"Now we've done it, and it's very clear it's a giant quagmire. It's very clear there's no easy way out. Not good," Rogan said. "And there's still a lot of people that insist that it had to happen, that Iran was the greatest funder of state terrorism in the world and that what they were doing was, you know, funding and arming these forces and having them do these — to commit these terrorist attacks. And I'm sure a lot of that's true."

ROGAN SAYS TRUMP F---ED IT UP, MAY HAVE HANDED COUNTRY BACK TO THE DEMS IN 2028 WITH UNPOPULAR IRAN WAR

"I concur," Douglas said, noting his concern about the expansion of the conflict following an attack on an airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which he compared to attacks on major U.S. airports. The actor then added, "I'm surprised with all of our Western intelligence and Israelis intelligence that we have not had a better handle on the situation."

Rogan responded to criticism that the Trump administration had been persuaded the conflict would be an easy victory, saying, "Well, look, obviously I'm not an expert on international relations, but I don't think the picture that they painted of how this was going to go down was even remotely accurate."

"Yeah," Douglas agreed. After Rogan recalled Irans crackdowns on protesters and mass arrests, Douglas said there have been "tens of thousands" of arrests and appeared to suggest the war was instigated by Israel.

"I think it was instigated by Israel by the fact that they had information that these key Iranian leaders would all be together and were persuaded that we take them all out. We can turn it over and, yeah, didn't turn out that way," the actor said.

"I don't know how they convinced Trump to do it," Rogan said. "I do know that in any international conflict, I'm sure even during Vietnam, even after people kind of knew the Gulf of Tonkin was horses---, there was I'm sure there's people even today that defend the Vietnam War," Rogan said, referring to U.S. claims of an attack on the U.S.S. Maddox in the waters off Vietnam on Aug. 4, 1964 that escalated the conflict.

"You're going to get people that support this war," he continued. "But I think the majority of the United States felt like one of the things that we were voting for when we voted for Trump is, . Stop this s---. Like it's crazy. You know, when I remember one of his speeches or one of his interviews, someone was asking him about Ukraine. Do you want Ukraine to win? Do you want Russia to win? And he said, I just want people to stop dying. And most people who voted for him based on that feel very upset that there's a new war going on."

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