Elon Musk reacts after Mike Benz talks about Barack Obama repealing the Smith-Mundt Act on Joe Rogan's podcast

Joe Rogan had former U.S. Department of State official Mike Benz on his podcast, where the pair discussed several interesting topics. One such topic was former U.S. president Barack Obama repealing the Smith-Mundt Act.

A quick search on Google says that the Smith-Mundt Act was developed to regulate programs broadcasted to foreign audiences but prohibits the dissemination of materials by said programs on U.S. soil. By repealing the act, Benz explained that it allowed the use of propaganda against Americans, which also included infiltration of U.S. universities, unions, the media, politicians, and judges through covert means.

Benz explained:

“So the Smith–Mundt Act was always designed to say, listen, you can do this dirty stuff abroad, but it can't come home. We have that protection, which lasted for 70 years and only, we only lost it a decade ago [during Obama's administration].”

The entire podcast segment and subsequent copy explanation were posted by Wall Street Apes on X.

Tesla CEO and current head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk reposted the video with the caption:

"Restore the Smith-Mundt Act!"

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Joe Rogan sees Elon Musk as "final Avenger" in creating major improvements to U.S. government

Joe Rogan and Elon Musk seem to be largely aligned in their political and ideological beliefs, which is quite apparent in their many conversations on The Joe Rogan Experience. Both men have also been significantly instrumental in Donald Trump's second presidential campaign, with a large number of voters citing the pair's influence on the race to have swayed their votes.

Now that Trump is firmly seated on the U.S. presidential chair and appointed Musk as the head of DOGE, Rogan believes a perfect team has been assembled.

Speaking to Bret Weinstein in a separate podcast episode, Rogan said:

"When Elon [Musk] took over DOGE that was like the final Avenger. Like having that team together is such a unique team where you have prominent former democrats... You have an extraordinary group of human beings."

Check out Joe Rogan's comments below (46:12):