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Nine Months Into Second Term, Trump’s 2024 Influencer Allies Pull Back

Immigration enforcement actions, including a DHS video using Theo Von’s clip, spurred the break.

Overview

  • Rolling Stone reports that Adin Ross, Joe Rogan, Andrew Schulz, and Theo Von have publicly distanced themselves from the administration they helped amplify during the 2024 campaign.
  • Adin Ross told viewers he wishes he had never gotten into politics, after having interviewed Trump at Mar-a-Lago in August 2024 and presenting him with a custom Cybertruck and a Rolex.
  • Joe Rogan criticized deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan men to El Salvador’s CECOT prison in March and called ICE raids targeting migrant workers “insane” in July.
  • Andrew Schulz said in July that he “voted for none of this,” accusing Trump of doing the opposite of promised policies on wars and federal spending.
  • Theo Von objected to the Department of Homeland Security using a clip of him in a deportation video without his approval, pointing to his father’s immigrant background and calling the use inappropriate.