Bill Maher Confused By Iran War Hurdle 1 Week After Praising Trump: ‘I Don’t Understand This’ | EUROtoday

“Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday expressed bewilderment about a number of oil tankers getting attacked whereas making an attempt to move by the Strait of Hormuz, admitting one week after praising President Donald Trump for beginning the Iran conflict, “I don’t understand this.”

“Trump says no Air Force, Iran has no Air Force, no missiles and no navy,” mentioned Maher. “He says there’s ‘nothing left’ to bomb. Yeah, we have nothing left to bomb. Apparently, they have something left to bomb, which is the Strait of Hormuz. I don’t understand this.”

He continued, “We have complete military superiority, we’re bragging about that, except for the one place where we apparently need complete military superiority. Do you understand this? Why can’t we control the Strait of Hormuz, the one place we need to control in Iran?

His guest, Lloyd Blankfein, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, hinted at strategic advantages Iran had in the strait.

“I don’t think it takes much effort to create an obstacle on a very narrow bottleneck there, so I think they don’t have to have much firepower,” mentioned Blankfein, including: “It doesn’t take much to fire cheap drones and menace ships so that they don’t go through.”

Experts agree, citing Iran’s means to deploy mines or low-cost assault drones.

Fellow panelist Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director beneath Trump, attributed the scenario to “bad war planning” — and mentioned the Trump administration redeployed 4 U.S. Navy minesweepers to different components of the world in September.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, by which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes, following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on the nation. The conflict has value at the least 13 U.S. navy service members and greater than 1,400 Iranians, together with dozens of schoolgirls, their lives.

“Also, this week, war,” mentioned Maher on the time. “Did you hear about that thing? We bombed Iran and it’s going on. Now, if you expect me to say I hate it, I don’t. Sorry! When he puts boots on the ground, yeah, then I’ll hate it. Now, I know too many happy Iranian Americans.”

He additionally slammed former Vice President Kamala Harris for saying Trump “dragged America into a war that we don’t want,” which quite a few polls are actually suggesting.

“And who knows more about what the American people don’t want?” Maher quipped.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday controversially claimed the Strait of Hormuz is “open” — regardless of an Iranian navy spokesperson declaring it’s “undoubtedly” beneath their management — and mentioned the “only thing prohibiting transit” is Iran “shooting at shipping.”

Maher additionally claimed final week that he would oppose the Iran conflict if Trump deployed troops there. Mere hours earlier than opening his present Friday, U.S. officers mentioned an estimated 2,500 Marines are heading to the Middle East amid intensified Iranian assaults within the strait.