“Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday expressed his bewilderment over the attack on multiple oil tankers as they attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, admitting a week after praising President Donald Trump for starting war with Iran: “I don’t understand this.”

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

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

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

“I don’t think it takes much effort to create an obstacle in a very narrow chokepoint there, so I think they don’t need to have a lot of firepower,” Blankfein said, adding: “It doesn’t take much to fire cheap drones and threaten ships from passing.”

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

Panelist Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director during the Trump administration, attributed the situation to “poor war planning” and said the Trump administration redeployed four U.S. Navy minesweepers to other parts of the world in September.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes, following US and Israeli airstrikes on the country. The war has cost the lives of at least 13 American service members and more than 1,400 Iranians, including dozens of schoolgirls.

“Also, this week, war,” Maher said at the time. “Did you hear about that? We bombed Iran and this goes on. Now, if you expect me to say I hate him, I don’t. I’m sorry! When he puts boots on the ground, yeah, then I’ll hate him. Now, I know a lot of happy Iranian Americans.”

Maher asked his guests if
Maher asked his guests if they “understand” the basic issue of securing the Strait of Hormuz.

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He also harshly criticized the former vice president Kamala Harris for saying Trump “dragged the United States into a war we don’t want,” which numerous surveys are certainly suggesting.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth controversially claimed Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is “open” (despite an Iranian military spokesman stating that it is “unquestionably” under its control) and said the “only thing prohibiting transit” is Iran “shooting shipping.”

Maher also stated last week that he would oppose war with Iran if Trump deployed troops there. Just hours before opening its program on Friday, U.S. officials said an estimated 2,500 Marines are headed to the Middle East amid intensifying Iranian attacks in the strait.