Jon Stewart slams Trump over Israel-Iran war: What the fk are we doing?

Jon Stewart blasted President Trump for his handling of the Israel-Iran war — telling his Comedy Central audience on Monday that the “dealmaker-in-chief” was at fault for being on the verge of striking a deal with the Islamic Republic before things went “bomby.”“What the f–k are we doing?” Stewart, host of the network’s “The Daily Show,” said during Monday night’s monologue.“What happened with Iran? Weren’t we about to make a nuclear deal? Wasn’t our dealmaker-in-chief making a deal to keep Iran from enriching uranium? Actually, didn’t we have a deal before our dealmaker-in-chief so wisely pulled us from that deal? Why did this have to go bomby on Iran now?” Stewart said.He followed up by showing a 2012 clip of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that Iran was only months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon.“Iran is months away from having a nuclear bomb, says Netanyahu … in 2012,” Stewart said, rolling his eyes.“Netanyahu talks about Iran getting nukes the way I talk about the Knicks winning a title.”As tensions flare between Tehran and Jerusalem, Stewart suggested that US involvement — whether direct or indirect — could have severe repercussions.“Of course, a hot war between Israel and Iran could threaten the United States.It’s best if we stay out of it,” he said, before airing a clip of Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisting that the US was “not involved” in the bombing campaign.“Phew.

We’re not involved.That’s good,” Stewart deadpanned, before immediately cutting to a news report confirming that Trump had been “informed beforehand” of the Israeli strikes.“Good neighbor policy.

I mean, we were informed, they let us know.Still not being involved, really,” he quipped, visibly irritated.The segment escalated as Stewart played footage of Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow claiming that the former president gave Israel a “green light” to strike Iranian targets.Stewart mo...