Joe Rogan Says America’s Headed for a ‘Bona Fide Civil War’

Joe Rogan is sounding the alarm again — and this time, it’s about America tearing itself apart.

On the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the 58-year-old podcast titan asked his guest, comedian Brian Redban, a chilling question: “Where are we right now on the scale of one to civil war?”

According to Rogan, the answer isn’t comforting. “After what happened to Charlie Kirk, I’m like, ‘We might be like seven,’” he said. “As soon as regular people start celebrating somebody getting murdered in front of their wife and kid… you’re in dark territory.”

Rogan was referring to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down during a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix. Police arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, reportedly finding anti-fascist slogans etched into his rifle.

“Charlie Kirk gets shot and people are celebrating,” Rogan said. “Like whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa—you want people to die that you disagree with?”

The UFC commentator, who famously backed President Donald Trump during the 2024 election, warned that America’s political divide is “turning ideological conflict into street-level violence.”

He compared the national mood to a pressure cooker: “It gets scary when there’s hardcore ideological conflict, because people push back… that’s what’s happening on the left and the right.”

Rogan’s civil war talk came during a broader conversation about the BBC’s controversial documentary edit on the January 6th Capitol attack — and the growing distrust in institutions worldwide.

Despite the doomsday tone, Rogan tried to offer a sliver of hope: “Nobody knows what’s right. The only way to find out is you talk to people, and you listen to their logical arguments.”

But statistics back up his grim warning. A new Politico/Public First poll found that more than one in three Americans under 45 believe political violence can be justified — a staggering sign of how far the country’s divisions have gone.

With violent incidents — from the attacks on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home to the murder of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and even the assault on Paul Pelosi — piling up, Rogan’s “civil war” talk suddenly doesn’t sound so far-fetched.