Joe Rogan Pitches Expanding U.S. Beyond Trump’s Plan
The popular podcaster suggested that Donald Trump’s plan for world domination does not go far enough.
Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Joe Rogan has seemingly bigger plans for Donald Trump’s dreams of American expansion, suggesting the U.S. also acquire Mexico alongside Canada and Greenland.
The popular podcaster, who endorsed the president-elect in his 2024 White House bid, shared his musing with Instagram on Tuesday posting a screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post about making Canada the 51st state, with the caption “I say we let Mexico in, too.”
Rogan’s tongue-in-cheek comment comes amid a flurry of recent statements by Trump who threatened to use “economic force” to annex Canada as a new state.
According to the president-elect, acquiring Canada would be “much better for national security.”
Trump’s Canadian crusade has been met with discontent, including from the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Trudeau posted on X.
Get the best of The Beast delivered right to your inbox
By clicking “SUBSCRIBE” you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Even Trump’s Canadian political contemporary Pierre Poilievre clapped back at the president-elect’s idea.
“Canada will never be the 51st state. Period, he wrote on social media Tuesday. “We are a great and independent country.”
Canada will never be the 51st state. Period.
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) January 7, 2025
We are a great and independent country.
We are the best friend to the U.S. We spent billions of dollars and hundreds of lives helping Americans retaliate against Al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks. We supply the U.S. with billions of dollars of…
Although Trump has yet to comment on any plans of taking Mexico, the president-elect has threatened the nation with tariffs over its alleged role in the migrant crisis, and he suggested changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
The president-elect has also discussed expanding the U.S. to the east by acquiring Greenland, a self governing territory of Denmark. Unlike with Canada, the president-elect did not rule out the possibility of using military force to take Greenland.
NYT’s David Sanger: “[L]et's start if we could with your references to Greenland and Panama canal, so forth. Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion?”
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 7, 2025
President-Elect Trump: “No.”
Sanger:… pic.twitter.com/ftsxpOAj6r
On Tuesday, his son Donald Trump Jr. visited the Arctic island, with the president-elect claiming Denmark ought to “give it up” because “we need it for national security… I’m talking about protecting the free world.”
Trump has been interested in Greenland and the Panama Canal since his first term. As he prepares to take office again, he has doubled down on both geopolitical areas.
According to Trump, China has “abused” the Panama Canal, which he said the U.S. needed for “economic security.”
“They’ve abused that gift. It should never have been made, by the way,” he claimed Tuesday.
The canal, however, has been solely controlled by the Panama for more than 25 years after the U.S. returned the Panama Canal Zone to the country in 1979.
See more of our coverage in your search results.
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Register below to read this article for free or subscribe
to unlock unlimited access to The Daily Beast.
Monthly
$1
First month then $5.99/month
Annual
$35
First year then $59.99/year
Premium
$79
First year then $119.99/year
*Substack access provided by the next business day, using your subscription email. Choosing the Premium plan constitutes your permission to share your subscription email with Substack and your agreement to Substack’s Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign In
Looks like you already have a subscription!
You're all set!
Thanks for subscribing.