Theo Von at the 2015 Global Green USA's Pre-Oscar Party held at the Avalon, USA on February 18, 2015. (Photo credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock) (Photo credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)
Theo Von, the mega-influencer podcaster who helped catapult Donald Trump back to the White House in 2024, has done a complete 180 — and now he's vibing with Vermont's Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The 45-year-old comedy king, who has over 4 million YouTube subscribers, hosted the senator on his show "This Past Weekend," where the two discussed Trump's aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and the fatal shooting of mother Renee Good by an immigration agent.
"I agree, like, Trump has an authoritarian energy," Von declared, according to The Daily Beast.
Von has feuded with Trump's team all year, particularly over immigration policy. When the Department of Homeland Security used his clips for deportation videos without permission, Von lost it online, demanding they take it down and pay up.
"My father immigrated here from Nicaragua. One of my prized possessions is… his immigration papers from when he came here—I have them in frame,” he said.
“So I have tons of thoughts about [immigration]… This was just f---ed up.”
The 77-minute sit-down racked up 250,000 YouTube views and flooded the comments with praise.
Von even told Sanders he believes America desperately needs a third political party, and gushed about progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA).
“Guys like Ro Khanna, people who are inspired by him—I like a lot of things he has to say… he’s a forward thinker,” Von said.
The dramatic turnaround reflects a larger trend as Gen-Z voters who backed Trump in 2024 now abandon ship. Indeed, Joe Rogan, fellow podcaster and Trump supporter, recently torched the Trump administration's immigration enforcement tactics.
"Are we really going to be the Gestapo? 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"