Jon Stewart rips Trump on Israel-Iran conflict: 'Weren't we about to make a nuclear deal?'
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Jon Stewart is tearing into President Trump, mocking him as the country’s failed “dealmaker in chief” amid the growing conflict between Israel and Iran.

“What happened with Iran? Weren’t we about to make a nuclear deal?” the “Daily Show” host said during his monologue on Monday’s show.

“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?” Stewart said.

Stewart’s remarks came after Israel launched deadly air strikes against Iran on Thursday that it said targeted Tehran’s nuclear facilities and military sites.

Iran, which had been engaging in nuclear talks with the U.S. to replace the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that Trump withdrew from during his first term, pulled out of negotiations that were scheduled for last Sunday following Israel’s attack.

“Why did this have to go so bomb-y on Iran now?” Stewart asked the Comedy Central show’s audience, before playing a clip of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying, “At current enrichment rates, [Iran] will have finished the medium enrichment and move on to the final stage.”

“Iran is months away from having a nuclear bomb,” Stewart said with a look of feigned horror, before adding, “says Netanyahu in … 2012.”

The 62-year-old comedian then cued up another clip of Netanyahu, with Israel’s leader saying that Iran was “weeks away from having the fissile material for an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs.”

“Holy s—, that’s why: Iran’s only weeks away from having an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs says Netanyahu … in 2015,” Stewart exclaimed. 

“Netanyahu talks about Iran getting nukes the way I talk about the Knicks winning a title,” Stewart said of New York’s NBA team. 

“This is the year. The Knicks are one piece away … weeks away from winning a title,” Stewart said, mimicking Netanyahu. 

“But they never win a f—ing title,” Stewart quipped through clenched teeth.

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