Podcaster Joe Rogan claimed this week that President Biden seemed happy to lose the presidency to President-elect Trump after dropping out of the race in July under pressure from his party.
Biden’s grin during his meeting with Trump at the White House on Wednesday raised eyebrows. Some speculated he was relieved to pass the torch to Trump rather than to Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Do you know what one of my f---ing favorite things of this whole election cycle has been?” Rogan said. “Yesterday when Biden and Trump sat down in the White House. Biden voted for Trump. I guarantee it. I f---ing guarantee it. I never saw that dude so happy in his f---ing life. He lost. His party lost. He was happy.”
Rogan then contrasted this moment with President Obama’s demeanor in 2016, saying Obama looked frustrated after Trump’s first win.
When a photo of Biden smiling beside Trump appeared, Rogan laughed. “Look at Biden! Look at his f---ing smile, dude! Look at his f---ing smile, man. That’s like when your kid gets married.”
He speculated Biden enjoyed seeing Harris lose, recalling a campaign moment when Biden donned a Trump hat. Rogan claimed, “I guarantee you, I guarantee you that mother----er was happy. He had a giant smile on his face. He said, ‘Welcome back’ to him.”
Joe Biden put on a Trump 2024 hat in Shanksville, PA today pic.twitter.com/SoP2eVlx8M
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“I thought it was ‘Hitler,’” Rogan quipped, referring to past criticisms Biden directed at Trump. “I thought he was ‘dangerous!’”
Rogan marveled at the situation, calling it surreal. “It’s so nuts, man. It’s so nuts. All the different things that happened during this election are wilder than anything you’ve ever seen in a f---ing movie.”
Biden’s past rhetoric painted Trump as a threat to democracy, warning voters in the campaign's final days that “our democracy is at stake” if Trump won.
Since the election, Biden’s tone has softened. The shift in attitude has sparked discussion about the drastic change in rhetoric.