Joe Rogan Experience #1295 - Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard argues Iraq, Libya, Syria, and similar interventions have made target countries more chaotic, strengthened terrorists, and cost the U.S. $6–8 trillion that could instead fund healthcare, infrastructure, education, housing, and environmental protection.

She highlights Eisenhower’s warning and describes how Pentagon officials and defense contractors trade jobs and contracts, insisting on reforms to ban pay‑to‑play, stop arming terrorists, and end contractor capture of policy.

Gabbard wants the U.S. to stop acting as ‘world’s police’ and instead pursue diplomacy and reconciliation, arguing that trying to forcibly remake countries—while ignoring allies like Saudi Arabia’s abuses—is hypocritical and dangerous.

She warns that a few platforms control what information people see and what speech is allowed, calling for antitrust action (e.g., separating Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), transparency on algorithms and funding, and stronger privacy protections.

Gabbard’s campaign rejects PAC and lobbyist money; she calls for banning PAC donations to members of Congress, regulating the revolving door with Wall Street and defense firms, and forcing disclosure of foreign funding for ‘expert’ think tanks.

She supports a higher federal minimum wage (e.g., $15+, more in high‑cost areas), is seriously studying universal basic income, and says simplifying the tax code and closing corporate loopholes (like those used by Amazon) are essential to fund solutions.

Gabbard wants to reform or replace secretive FISA processes, oppose Assange and Snowden prosecutions, and pass laws to criminally hold companies like Purdue Pharma accountable, while expanding addiction treatment and ending marijuana prohibition to reduce opioid harm.