Podcaster Joe Rogan spoke with comedian and libertarian podcaster Dave Smith Thursday about how the historic coalition President Donald Trump united has fractured after broken promises on policy.

Over the past year, numerous podcasters who gave friendly interviews with Trump or outright endorsed him have since called out his administration, accusing it of betraying key policy promises to Trump’s voters. 

Smith, who is Jewish, has been a frequent critic of Israel and its influence on American foreign policy. 

The comedian marveled in particular at how, after decades of wars in the Middle East that have not benefited Americans, the very presidential candidate who ran on preventing similar conflicts would be the one to start a new one with Iran.

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“That was the one thing that he was saying that was so promising to so many people that were independent that were on the fence,” Rogan recalled. 

“They’re like, ‘This guy wants no wars. All right. Look, he wants closing the border, which I think is a great idea. He wants no wars. That’s enough. Let’s go.’”

Smith, recalling how he endorsed Trump in the past, said the Democratic alternative was “the party who bragged about, first off, insane woke s— like poisoning the minds of children in a really grotesque and abusive way. 

“They gave us open borders, flooding the country with people. They gave us all types of COVID tyranny based on pseudoscience. They gave us the most reckless foreign policy in American history, which was this proxy war on Russia’s border.”

The problem, he said, is that Trump squandering the historic coalition and mandate he won will deliver the country right back to the Democrats all over again. 

“After ’24, this coalition came together where Donald Trump, for the first time ever, wins the popular vote, wins every single swing state, and really more remarkably, won the youth and the culture,” Smith recalled, arguing Trump went from a cultural pariah to becoming a uniting figure.

“That whole coalition has been destroyed over this war,” he said. “And now he’s going to hand the country right back over to these Democrats who we’ve been fighting so hard. All for what? All for a war that Netanyahu wanted?”

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When Fox News Digital contacted the White House, a spokesman replied, “What matters most to the American people is having a commander in chief who takes decisive action to eliminate threats and keep them safe, which is exactly what President Trump is doing with the ongoing successful Operation Epic Fury.

“President Trump campaigned proudly on his promise to deny the Iranian regime the ability to develop a nuclear weapon, which is what this noble operation is seeking to accomplish. The President does not make these incredibly important national security decisions based on fluid opinion polls, but on the best interest of the American people.” 

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Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is eligible for a sixth season of college football after a Mississippi judge denied an NCAA appeal.

The NCAA formally rejected his request for a sixth year of eligibility Jan. 9 because he and his team could not provide evidence he had an “incapacitating injury or illness” when he did not play for Division II Ferris State in 2022 because of apparent respiratory issues.

Chambliss then sued the NCAA, and a judge ruled last month that the NCAA “operated in bad faith” by trying to keep Chambliss ineligible for next season, a decision the NCAA appealed.

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The NCAA argued Chambliss “exhausted his eligibility” to play Division I football since he had already played four seasons in a five-year period.

Ole Miss came within a quarter of advancing to the College Football Playoff championship game, losing a 31-27 thriller to Miami in the Fiesta Bowl Jan. 8. 

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The Rebels’ postseason was mired in controversy when Lane Kiffin opted to take the LSU head coaching job. Athletic director Keith Carter said Kiffin would not be able to coach the team in the playoffs if he left, resulting in a he-said, he-said between Kiffin and players about how the breakup went down in the locker room.

However, several coaches, including offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr., went back and forth between LSU and Ole Miss for the playoff games.

The Rebels and Tigers will meet in Week 3 in Oxford.

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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The White House pushed back hard Friday against a news report that Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), had been hospitalized at least twice for stress-related issues with the Trump administration that left him visibly upset and strained. 

The pushback came after a Politico report said Lyons was hospitalized at least twice while carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. 

The stress has left Lyons unable to carry out key decisions, the report states, citing two current and two former administration officials who were unnamed. 

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“He would be visibly upset and struggling to make the decisions that were needed to be made by the director,” one former unnamed official told the news website. 

“Trash reporting from a trash “reporter” pushing tabloid b——- in an attempt to divide and distract. Todd Lyons is an American Patriot,” the White House Rapid Response X account said in response to the story. 

The episodes were attributed to pressure from above for Lyons to ramp up deportations and from top advisor Stephen Miller, who allegedly yelled at Lyons during morning phone calls with administration officials, Politico reported. 

“This is b——- and more of the trash that Daniel Lippman has peddled over the years in the name of clicks and clout,” Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, wrote on X in response to the Politico reporter’s story. 

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said Politico was given “on record” denials prior to the story being published. 

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“Shame on Politico for publishing such inaccurate trash,” Jackson wrote on X. “Todd Lyons is an American patriot who has worked tirelessly to undo Biden’s disastrous immigration policies that wreaked havoc on American communities. 

“And the American people are deeply appreciative for his hard work making our country safer. Despite multiple on record denials and sources refuting their pathetic ‘reporting’ and *still* ran with this absurd article.”

The reported hospitalizations took place over several months. In one incident, Lyons was driven to a hospital by his security detail, and he was admitted overnight. 

In September, Lyons became distressed that ICE agents were unable to locate an illegal immigrant in Los Ángeles during a ride-along with top administration officials. 

One of his bodyguards took a portable defibrillator from a nearby government office to Lyons in case he needed medical intervention, the report said. 

After heated calls with Miller, Lyons expressed frustration that the White House was often mad at his agency, according to the current official and former official who heard such comments.

“Todd, Stephen and the entire White House team have a great working relationship and coordinate closely to deliver on the president’s many promises,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement. 

“Todd Lyons is an American patriot who has worked tirelessly to undo Biden’s disastrous immigration policies that wreaked havoc on American communities.”

Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE and Politico.