Talk of attempts on the president’s life found a congressman alleging “capitulation” while Joe Rogan eyed an influential group’s Trump Derangement Syndrome.

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This week, the host of the “Joe Rogan Experience” sat with Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (R) where topics of conversation included care for veterans, government disclosure on UFOs, and the wannabe assassins alleged to have gone after President Donald Trump. Of the latter, Rogan expressed his opinion that corporate media was in part to blame for leaving people “programmed” by the “Trump Derangement narrative.”

After discussing Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui’s apologetic remarks to the man arrested for allegedly attempting to kill Trump and members of his administration at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the discussion turned to the would-be Butler, Pennsylvania assassin and widespread claims that the attempts are bogus.

“People hate him so much, and the narrative in the media, this Trump Derangement narrative that you see in the media is so strong and people are so programmed by it,” contended Rogan regarding the people allegedly driven to kill the president. “And for the average person that has a very involved job, you’re working all day, and then you have a family, and you have a life, and you have — you don’t have time to really go into depth about what’s real and what’s not real.”

“And you got that Russia collusion stuff shoved down your throat by mainstream media for years, and you believe all of it. And so you really believed he’s a terrible person, Russian agent, all these different — so you want someone to kill him,” the host continued.

Earlier in the conversation, Rogan had said, “There’s a lot of people running around out there saying that that first Trump assassination was a setup, and that it was a hoax, and that Trump did it to try to get people to be more sympathetic to him. Anybody who says that doesn’t know anything about guns.”

“There is not a person on Earth that could nick your ear at 140 yards reliably,” he argued as the congressman voiced his own concerns about the security in Butler on July 13, 2024.

“If Tim Burchett sneaks into the back of a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert and gets close to the stage, that’s a breakdown. That to me is a complete capitulation,” said Burchett. “They put Trump out there, and there’s people that don’t like him.”

“You can say what you want to about programming and things, I just think it’s out there. I think it is a reality and I think we better — people better wake up,” added the Tennessee lawmaker as users across social media voiced agreement in alleging corporate media has played a role in fomenting Trump Derangement Syndrome and what it drives people to do.

The average American as a whole is really clueless about the newsmakers beyond what legacy media feeds them. Very unfortunate and very vulnerable.

— Torah University (@davis_howa3894) May 8, 2026

Agreed. I didn’t find out the truth about Trump until I heard your podcast with him and realized I was duped. I did my research and discovered the media was fake news.

— Renee Dawson (@ReneeDawsoqygo) May 8, 2026

They made ZERO corrections

— Valley Bee (@MADDurngoValley) May 7, 2026

THEY ARE BRAINWASHED

— Jer, (@Jer_Bear__) May 7, 2026

People will always believe anything that supports their world view. Any facts or evidence to the contrary will get explained away.

— DougKBaker (@Mod2Severe) May 8, 2026

Joe Rogan is right about one thing: reckless media narratives have consequences. Demonizing political opponents 24/7 poisons the country and fuels extremism.

— Johnathon Corcoran | Mr. Intelligent (@TheKingCorcoran) May 8, 2026