Name: Jon Stewart on Trump's Iran Attack & Kosta on War Updates and Kristi Noem's Ouster | The Daily Show
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Israel launched a surprise war against Iran.

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I call it a surprise war because here's what one of the mediators said after negotiations on Friday.

I am confident and in my assessment of the way the talks are going, the peace deal is within our reach.

But it turns out the bombshit button was much closer.

The devastating effects of a regional war have made everyone very nervous and one person very happy.

This enables us to do what I have long hoped to do for 40 years, what I've had four decades of regime change.

But of course, the announcement that our nation is at war is the most solemn moment of any president's tenure and an opportunity to reassure an anxious nation, to reaffirm the righteousness of the cause.

A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.

Yeah, I'm sorry, can I just jump in here real quick?

You don't even have one of those influencer halo things.

Blazer, no tie, shirt unbuttoned, looking more like the father of the bride settling up with a caterer.

And not to nitpick, obviously, but baseball hat.

We're going with a baseball hat for a war of choice.

Oh, I'm gonna go down and make my war announcement.

Don't forget the hat I got you at the airport souvenir store.

You could have done this at the White House in a suit in the I killed Bin Laden hallway.

But no, you decided to go with vacation house trucker hat guy who was about to make an announcement at his club's member member tournament.

We have nothing to fear but glare in my eyes.

But at the very least, we should at least be thankful that the hat is on.

Come back tomorrow, dress for the war you want, and

then you can give us perhaps, a more sober launching of this incredibly consequential moment.

The United States and its partners have launched Operation Epic Fury.

I'm going to jump in right there, please.

Is this a war, or did the Paul brothers launch another energy Drink.

How did Operation Epic Fury start this morning?

The US and Israel launching a major wide scale daytime attack on Iran.

Smoke seen rising near government offices and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's residence.

Although Hamilton's got to be on high alert.

I mean, I doubt he's anywhere near a location that obvious given the advanced surveillance he's been under from American and Israeli intelligence.

This is the moment that officials say the 86 year old Ayatollah was killed and he stayed in his house.

That guy anyway, by the way, there he was martyred at 86.

Man, are the virgins going to be disappointed.

I'm sorry, am I going too hard on hominy murderous dictator like, whoa, don't make fun of his erectile dysfunction.

America apparently had to start an entire war to kill an 86 year old man in ill health and not wait, I don't know, three weeks to let saturated fat do its thing.

But just so you know, Israel and America made their move and now Iran will make their move.

Iran is widening the scope of its response.

Neighbors across the region dragged into the chaos.

Attacks at multiple bases, including those in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, basically the whole of the Gulf.

It's also fired on Europe for the first time, aiming at Cyprus.

So wait a minute, wait a minute, let me get this straight.

America and Israel attack Iran and Iran's answer is to just attack everybody?

You know, having been in a bar fight or two in my life, I'm pretty sure the worst thing you can do during a two on one beatdown is slap everyone else.

The interesting thing about this war, which just started, was that it was clearly a long time in the planning.

And yet the American people have heard Very little that is consistent about the war's justification or ultimate aims.

In fact, the normally loquacious President had an opportunity with the national press on Sunday night, after flying back from Mar a Lago to the White House, where I'm sure he'd want to clarify the public's uncertainty and reassure us.

President Trump tonight came home from the White House.

Instead stopped and admired some new statues that were being put into the Rose Garden.