What To Know
- Bill Maher criticized President Donald Trump’s recently signed Iran deal on Real Time.
- Maher joked that the agreement is merely a non-binding memorandum of understanding.
- He concluded by ridiculing Trump’s reputation as a dealmaker, referencing The Emperor’s New Clothes.
Bill Maher just skewered President Donald Trump‘s Iran deal on the latest episode of Real Time With Bill Maher.
On Friday, June 19, the late-night host, 70, took aim at the POTUS, 80, after he signed a preliminary peace deal to end the war in Iran on Wednesday.
“I know why you’re happy, we have an Iran deal. Finally, a deal with Iran,” Maher said to his studio audience during his opening monologue. “And I love this deal. We got everything we wanted except for everything we asked for.”
The stand-up comedian then quipped, “It’s actually a very simple deal. They’re going to stop enriching uranium, and Trump is going to stop enriching his family.
He added, “No, we didn’t even get that. We didn’t get anything, before joking, ” just hope we play Iran in the World Cup so we can beat them at something.”
Additionally, Maher pointed out that it’s not technically a deal but a memorandum of understanding. “It’s about as legally-binding as the sign in the break room that says, Please clean microwave,’” he said. “It’s nothing.”
The Real Time host continued, of the Iran deal, “We started with ‘unconditional surrender,’ Operation Epic Fury, and now it’s memorandum of understanding. The last thing that got hosed this bad was my dog. Where’s the big deal-maker? What happened to The Art of the Deal? This is his big close?”
To conclude his thoughts on the topic, Maher made a pun using a line from The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen.
“Well, I’ve got news for you: The emperor has no clothes.”
Similarly, Jimmy Kimmel roasted Trump’s Iran deal as the “Retreaty of Versailles” one day earlier, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
What do you think of the late-night hosts’ reactions to Trump’s Iran deal?
Real Time With Bill Maher, Fridays at 10/9c, HBO