Stephen Colbert mocks Trump's Iran cease-fire demands and Hormuz halt
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Updated · TheWrap · May 7
Stephen Colbert mocks Trump's Iran cease-fire demands and Hormuz halt
5 articles · Updated · TheWrap · May 7
On CBS's The Late Show, he ridiculed a reported one-page memorandum proposing an Iranian enrichment moratorium, US sanctions relief and restored Strait of Hormuz transit.
Colbert also mocked Secretary of State Marco Rubio's defence that the Iran war was not illegal because Operation Epic Fury had ended, and Trump's Project Freedom escort mission was halted after one day.
The monologue framed the proposals as largely restoring the pre-conflict status quo and later broadened into criticism of Senate Republicans' push to use taxpayers' money for Trump's planned White House ballroom.
Why was a major U.S. naval operation in the Strait of Hormuz suddenly halted after only one day?
How is Iran reportedly shipping more oil now than before the war, despite a U.S. naval presence and sanctions?
With inspectors blocked, how can the world verify Iran’s nuclear stockpile is not for weapons?