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Despite his self-proclaimed “zero understanding” of Canadian systems of government and politics, popular podcast host Joe Rogan had some strong words for Canada and Justin Trudeau.
On the 1,844th episode of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, released Thursday, Rogan and comedian Tom Segura expressed their distaste for Canada, specifically the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Canadian Communist,” Rogan, 54, said on the podcast. “They are fucked. They have to get rid of this guy,” he said, referring to the prime minister.
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Segura, 43, agreed and said, “Canada is crazy.”
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The talk about Canada only lasted a few minutes in the over three-hour episode.
Rogan admitted that he “has no idea how [the] the system works” in Canada, but claims he liked Trudeau before the pandemic.
“I thought, he’s a handsome man, he looks sweet,” he said. “A good-looking man, confident, well-spoken, and then during the pandemic, I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a royal dictator.’
As Segura agreed with Rogan, the podcast host went on to claim that Trudeau doesn’t like criticism and tried to “shut down criticism by saying all your critics are misogynists and racists.”
Rogan was referring to Canada’s “Freedom Convoy,” which has been traveling the country protesting vaccine mandates outside parliament in Ottawa for several weeks.
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Trudeau enacted the Emergency Act in response to the convoy that jammed Ottawa on February 14.
“He’s ugly. He’s a sketchy guy,” Rogan said on the podcast.
Rogan also said Trudeau has “some shaky deals” and added that he “would like to see where the money is coming from.” It’s unclear what deals Rogan is referring to.
As Rogan and Segura smoked what appeared to be cigars, he continued, claiming that someone he knew had to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination when he recently entered Canada. Rogan called this identification practice “old”.
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“It’s 2022. It’s not 2019,” Rogan said.
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This isn’t the first time Rogan has expressed his distaste for Canadian politics.
In May, Rogan also spoke about the convoy and previously called Trudeau a “dictator.”
“Then when you have what is a terrifying royal dictator as prime minister – and that’s him – the way he behaved during this thing, just the disingenuous way he communicated, it scared me because I’ve never thought this guy was,” Rogan said in May.
A February Ipsos poll showed Canadians’ approval of Trudeau’s handling of the convoy blockade was just seven points higher than that of protesters.
The poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, found that 43 percent of Canadians approved of the way Trudeau handled the three-week protests in Ottawa, while 36 percent supported the way the truckers handled themselves during the occupation.
— With files from Global News’ Aya Al-Hakim
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