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Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump over Iran strategy that ‘mostly consists of flailing around’

The Independent·Shahana Yasmin·25 days ago
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Jimmy Kimmel mocked Donald Trump ’s handling of negotiations with Iran , joking that the president’s “list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel’s bar tab ”. On Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! , the late-night host brought up the closure of the Strait of Hormuz , one of the world’s busiest oil shipping routes. “The Strait of Hormuz is still closed for business, but the White House says we're close to a deal,” he said. “The details of this supposed deal are still very much in flux. As in, what the flux are we doing over there?” Iran closed the waterway over two months ago after the US and Israel launched a war on the Mideast nation . Iran further restricted traffic through the strait in retaliation for American military operations and a naval blockade. The strait carried 20 per cent of the world’s oil and gas supplies before the war and its closure drove up global energy prices, sparking fears of wider economic fallout.…

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