Joe Rogan backs Hegseth's war on 'woke garbage,' 'fat generals'

Podcaster Joe Rogan is backing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s war on “woke garbage” and “fat generals.”

“Well you saw what the f— was going on over the last four years,” Rogan said on his podcast Tuesday, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “You got guys in dresses talking about how it’s really important to have inclusiveness, ‘It’s the most important thing about the military, it’s inclusivity.’”

“We had crazy people that were in charge of very important positions, including that guy that was stealing women’s clothes. That guy was in charge of like f— nuclear waste and he’s running around stealing people’s underwear,” he added.

On Tuesday, Hegseth said to the military’s senior-most officers that he doesn’t want to see “fat generals and admirals” or overweight troops. While talking in Quantico, Va., the Defense secretary emphasized the need to keep in line with strict fitness standards, stating all service members at every rank is required to take a physical fitness test, and meet height and weight requirements twice a year.

“Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations, or really any formation, and see fat troops,” he said. “Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon leading commands around the country and the world.”

“It’s a bad look. It is bad, and it’s not who we are,” he continued.

In the first year of President Trump’s second term, his administration has moved heavily against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives throughout the federal government.