I initially went through this “men who seemed to like Joe Rogan a lot talk about Donald Trump’s second term” thing in New York Times and thought it was pretty interesting, actually. I wanted to write something “deep” about it, insofar as I have ever written anything deep in my entire existence as a “writer,” but I then realized virtually every take (and then the sub-take, and the secondary-sub-take) on Trump has already been said and written, so I wouldn’t be adding that much to the dialogue. I think most logical people understand the factors that led to Trump.
Instead, let me give you a smorgesboard (did I spell that right?) of takes and thoughts from these 12 men that NYT sought out:
