Joe Rogan has revealed that Donald Trump had a nonchalant response to the possibility of a terror attack. The podcaster shared this anecdote from the UFC Freedom 250 in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan was the master of ceremonies and fight commentator at the event, which took place at the White House on June 14.
Joe Rogan recalls Donald Trump’s response to his fear of terror attack
On Saturday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the sports commentator revealed how Donald Trump reacted to talks of a possible terror attack during the recent UFC Freedom 250 event.
Speaking with podcast guests, MMA coach Trevor Wittman and UFC Lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, Joe Rogan shared that the president seemed unfazed when they talked about the alarming idea during the event.
“I said to Trump, ‘I hope we don’t die in a terrorist attack,’” Rogan recalled. Letting out a chuckle, he continued, “He goes, ‘We gotta go somehow.’ I go, ‘What the f***, dude?”
Guests Wittman and Gaethje also found the president’s response humorous before recounting their own experience.
Wittman admitted that he was “honestly really nervous,” adding, “I was like, dude… something could happen.” Gaethje agreed, adding, “I was like, f*** it. If I get taken out in the middle of the cage, how f***ing legendary would that be?”
Rogan had previously expressed concern about hosting an UFC event at the White House amid Trump’s ongoing war with Iran. In a March episode of his podcast, he said, “I know it’s going to be very high-security and high stress and weird to have a fight at the White House in the middle of a f***ing war.”
Rogan added, “I would hope the war will be sorted out by June. But quite honestly, I’m not confident that’s going to be the case. So that’ll be weird—having this very high-profile event where everyone’s in one place at one time right there.”
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh for Mandatory.
