Infrastructure on the Joe Rogan Experience
4 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Sep 2018 to Oct 2024
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Donald Trump (2)
- Elon Musk (2)
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“Not one person. They spent $42 billion. They could have gotten Starlinks to everybody.”
Trump claims a federal broadband program spent $42 billion and connected zero people.
“How about this? They built the charger stations right in the Midwest. Midwest. They built eight of them. They cost $9 billion. That's like a gas pump. Right. T…”
Trump claims a $9 billion federal EV charging program only built eight charging stations in the Midwest and three of them don't work.
“even when the ground moves, the tunnel actually is able to shift along with the ground, like an underground snake. And it doesn't crack or break. And it's extr…”
Musk describes the Boring Company tunnel segments as flexible, unbreakable under ground movement, and rated to withstand five atmospheres of pressure while being fully waterproof and gas-proof.
“This is one of the worst places to dig tunnels because the – mostly because of the paperwork. People think it's like what about seismic? It's like actually tun…”
Musk claims that earthquakes are essentially a surface phenomenon, implying underground tunnels are inherently very safe during earthquakes.