Pod man out: Trump's support with influential podcasters is waning [View all]
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Source: NBC News
Oct. 5, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT
Some of the internet’s most popular voices with young men — almost all of whom either hosted President Donald Trump or spoke highly of him last November — have some thoughts on what he’s doing wrong. An all-star lineup of podcasters and YouTube impresarios has taken Trump to task in recent months on everything from immigration and Israel to free speech and Jeffrey Epstein.
The list includes Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Andrew Schulz and Shawn Ryan, a cast that Trump courted heavily to win access to their audiences during last year’s campaign. Rogan and Von have been particularly critical of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda, with Rogan calling some deportations “f-----g crazy” and Von questioning why the Department of Homeland Security has posted videos of immigration arrests online.
NBC News polling conducted in August and early September found that 33% of U.S. adults ages 18-29 approved of Trump’s handling of deportations and immigration, while 67% disapproved. Among U.S. adults of all ages, a slightly higher share — 43% — approved of the president’s handling of deportations and immigration.
Schulz and his co-host, Akaash Singh, have criticized the president for not fulfilling his campaign promises. “Everything [Trump] campaigned on, I believed he wanted to do,” Schulz said in a July episode of his “Flagrant” podcast, where Trump had appeared in October 2024. “And now he’s doing the exact opposite thing of every single f-----g thing. … I voted for none of this. He’s doing the exact opposite of everything I voted for.”
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