Comedian and podcast host Adam Carolla defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military strikes against Iran, pushing back on criticism from fellow podcaster Joe Rogan and arguing that the threat posed by the Iranian regime has been well established for decades.
Carolla made the remarks during an appearance Sunday on One Nation with Brian Kilmeade, where he addressed Rogan’s recent comments questioning the justification for the military action.
“I don’t agree with Joe in that I don’t think it’s undefined,” Carolla said. “I think it has been defined.”
According to Carolla, Iran’s activities in the Middle East—including its support for militant groups and long-running conflict with Israel—have long been cited as reasons for U.S. concern.
“We talk about the nuclear threat, we talk about them just being a menace in the region and a huge supporter and funder of terror and their attacks on our ally Israel,” he said. “And also wanting to assassinate Trump.”
Carolla then used a hypothetical analogy to explain his position, suggesting that if a foreign country had openly threatened his life, decisive action would be justified.
“If somebody said, ‘Hey, Canada has put out a couple of threats trying to assassinate Adam Carolla,’ and then at some point I took over the United States and became controlling member of the military, I would bomb Canada,” he said. “First thing, bomb Canada — they put a bounty on my head, now I’m in control.”
His comments come after Rogan expressed skepticism about the military strikes during a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan argued that some Trump supporters feel conflicted about the decision because the president emphasized avoiding new wars during his 2024 campaign.
“It just seems so insane based on what he ran on,” Rogan said during the episode.
Rogan suggested that the move could be seen as contradictory to Trump’s campaign promise to end what he described as “stupid, senseless wars.”
“This is why a lot of people feel betrayed,” Rogan said. “He ran on no more wars, and then we have one that we can’t even really clearly define why we did it.”
The podcast host also speculated that the strikes could have been influenced by geopolitical alliances, raising the possibility that the United States might have acted in part due to Israel’s security interests.
Rogan was one of several high-profile media figures who publicly supported Trump during the 2024 presidential election, when Trump faced Democratic nominee and then–Vice President Kamala Harris.
