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FollowingJoe Rogen criticizes Trump's cryptocurrency trading
Joe Rogen targeted U.S. President Donald Trump's cryptocurrency trading, saying his government has "done something unprecedented" and described this involvement in cryptocurrencies as "crazy." Rogen made the remarks in an August 13 issue of the "Joe Rogen Experience" podcast, which also featured comedians Shane Gillies, Mark Normand and Ali Shafir.
"Trump made billions of dollars through cryptocurrencies," Rogen said, before referring to Trump's sons and describing them as "strange business transactions." He added that "there was a lot of money flowing" and claimed the transactions were something investigators could "dig deeper and start arresting people."
Joe Rogen is a comedian, long-time color commentator on the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the host of "The Joe Rogen Experience", one of the largest podcasts in the world, with more than 20 million subscribers and billions of views.
Rogen further described Trump's cryptocurrency activities as "extremely shady, but legal," while questioning whether such behavior should be allowed. His remarks have renewed questions about conflicts of interest that have accompanied the Trump family's expanding digital asset business during its second term.
Trump has repeatedly refuted these concerns. In an interview in August about the Transparency Act, he said that he did not run the businesses himself, but let his children manage them. "I rarely talk to them about anything other than saying,'Kids, I love you,'"Trump said.
Rogen's criticism echoes external scrutiny of Trump's crypto business
Trump's 2025 financial disclosure report was released in June 2026, showing that his family's crypto venture capital generated more than $1.4 billion in revenue. Nearly $800 million of this came from Free World Financial Corporation, and another $635 million came from sales of Trump's memein.
Trump co-founded World Free Finance with his son, and the White House says his business interests are supervised by his children. Still, Trump is a beneficiary of the trust fund that receives the income.
The scrutiny of foreign transactions intensified on the eve of Trump's inauguration in January 2025, when an entity linked to the United Arab Emirates reportedly acquired a large stake in World Liberty Financial. A few months later, in May 2025, the Trump administration announced an agreement to promote the export of advanced U.S. artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates and build an artificial intelligence park in Abu Dhabi.
These concerns have spilled over into negotiations around the Transparency Act. Senate members are debating moral limits on the cryptocurrency interests of senior government officials, while Trump has said he is willing to accept a confidential trust. The White House insists the president and his family are not involved in a conflict of interest.
