Jon Stewart mocks Trump for no Iran deal: We thought ‘you were some kind of dealmaker-in-chief’

Jon Stewart is mocking President Trump for failing to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, saying Americans “were under the mistaken notion” that he was “some kind of dealmaker-in-chief.”

“Looks like we’re going to finally put an end to the U.S.-Iran kerfuffle,” Stewart said Monday, while hosting Comedy Central‘s “The Daily Show.”

The comedian then cued up a montage of cable news clips, many of which included remarks from Trump and went as far back as March, that a deal was on the horizon.

“Now you could be forgiven for being skeptical. If you remember, I believe we’ve been here before,” Stewart said.

The 63-year-old comic’s comments came after an Iran state-affiliated outlet reported that the country would stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries and would move to close the Strait of Hormuz. 

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