Trump "Loves" Inflation and Lies About "No Wars," Fox News Criticizes His Iran Claims: A Closer Look

Good news, you guys.We are very close to finalizing a peace deal with Iran.In fact, the time and place of the signing will be announced shortly.Now, I know this isn't the first time you've heard this, so you might be skeptical, but don't worry.It comes from a trustworthy source.Let me just check the name here.

Oh!Donald Trump!All right.Never mind.Never mind.For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.

First things first, last night, we got an answer to the question, how long does it take to get Donald Trump's bad vibes out of a building he recently visited?And the answer was two and a half quarters.What a night for the celebrities who were there.They were all making the surprise faces they think they're making when they fake surprise faces at award shows.And in a way, you know, it's kind of sad for Trump that he missed the games, because if anybody needs to know a 29 -point comeback is possible, it's him after looking at his approval ratings.Now, one of the reasons those approval numbers are so low is that even some Republicans feel they've been sold a bill of goods, like when Trump and J .

D.Vance called themselves the pro -peace ticket during the 2024 campaign, which is already a little bit weird.I mean, maintaining the peace is part of the job of president.You know, it's what everyone wants.It's not a bonus feature.It's like if you invited a co -worker to barbecue and he said, I'd love to come, and I won't hit on your wife.

And if you're thinking to yourself, but Trump doesn't seem very pro -peace, he's attacked or threatened one out of every 13 countries on Earth, there's a simple explanation.The team that made that graphic misheard.Trump's not the pro -peace candidate.He's the eight -peace candidate.And I have to assume that's what Trump and his team meant when they said stuff like this.The only chance we have for peace and prosperity is with Donald Trump.

President Trump is the peace president.

If you want to bring back the peace, the prosperity, stopping the wars, go Trump.your friends, vote for Donald Trump.Donald Trump is the candidate of peace and prosperity.

I am the candidate of peace.I am peace.

Oh, you're a piece, all right.A piece of work.Yeah, I said it.Yeah, they know they're going to clip it and take it out of context, but I don't care.You're a piece of work.I know it's language unbecoming of a talk show host.

That should have been a dead giveaway right there.The only people who ever say the words, I am peace, in movies are the villains.Like, if I gave you that quote first, then asked you to guess who said it, which one would be your answer?Mahatma Gandhi or Bane?-"People of Gotham, I am here to liberate you from your decadence and rot. Do not fear, for I am peace."And now I'm going to do the same line as Gandhi.

What?Why not?I'm such a good Gandhi.Oh, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right.because it's 2026, and I am a white man!Point is, Republicans spent an entire campaign shamelessly insisting that Donald Trump, the guy who bombed seven different countries in his first term, was somehow the candidate of peace.

Well, you'll never guess how that turned out.Trump was asked what happened to all that peace and prosperity stuff, and he basically said, new phone, who dis?

Did you break that promise to the American people?What changed?Because you insisted no new wars.

First of all, I didn't guarantee no war.

Here, the candidate of peace doesn't mean you're against war.It's like, oh, if you're Kendrick Lamar's record producer, that doesn't mean you're against Drake.A minor just happened to be the perfect rhyme in that spot.It's not personal.Now, this is the partof the show where I would sarcastically tee up a clip package that proves the opposite of what Trump just said, but I'm not going to do that.

I'm going to give it to you straight, and I hope you're sitting down for this, because here's the truth.Donald Trump lied.Anything to say at once?Or twice?He repeated that lie over and over again.

-"We're not gonna have war in the Middle East." -"I'm gonna keep you out of wars." -"I'll keep you out of wars." -"I'm not gonna start a war. I'm gonna stop wars." -"Under Trump, we will have no more wars."

You said it all the f---- - time.No more wars was basically your bazinga.It was a catchphrase.You were like a sitcom dad who would come home and discover that your kids were fighting over the remote control.Whoa, whoa, whoa, everyone.Let's take turns.

It's like I always say, no more wars.Fine, so what?So Trump lied.The important thing is he's doing everything he can now to stop the war with Iran that he started.In fact, as I'm sure you've heard him say many times, we are very close to a deal.

Early this morning, Iran launched retaliatory strikes on American bases in the region after the U .S.military struck strategic locations near the Strait of Hormuz, which were themselves a response to Iran's downing of a U .S.Army helicopter earlier this week.

A new threat from President Trump to Iran.He says Iran has taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them.Now they will have to pay the price.

They'll have to pay the price?What about us?Gas is so expensive, I had to learn to ride a unicycle.And then I found out, not only can you not park a unicycle in Manhattan, they make you legally move to Brooklyn.The back -and -forth with Iran has been so exhausting that even Fox News is starting to get tired of all the being said.

S.I think the ceasefire's been fake all along.I think that the ceasefire is kaput.

I don't know how you claim that all of this is being held together.I know we're not supposed to ask about timelines, but...

November's coming.He keeps saying, we're very close, we're days away, and I don't know what that means.We've heard that for a very long time.

It's like watching a tourist slowly realize that a game of three -card Monty is rigged.Oh, so weird.I won the first two, but now I've lost 37 in a row.But it's no surprise that even conservative news outlets are losing patience.Trump has promised to deal with Iran more times than HBO has rebranded.At this point, We've been through Iran Deal, Iran Deal Go, Iran Deal Now, Iran Deal Plus, Iran Deal Max, to just Max, back to Iran Deal Max, back to Iran Deal Plus.

I just hope we get a spinoff called The Pit of Hormuz.And yet, despite the fact that even their most diehard Sycophants on Fox News are skeptical, the administration keeps insisting that a deal could come any day now or any week now or any month now.

Right now, I feel that we are in a position to get a deal, and I think we're very close to achieving that goal.

You say very close.How soon?Could the deal happen before the midterm elections?

Oh, absolutely.No, I think we're going to know a lot before the midterm elections.Look, I think the deal could happen in the next week.but the deal could also happen months from now.

That's not helpful.You're talking about a deal to end a war that has crippled the American economy, like my contractor talking about our bathroom renovation.Hey, Angelo, when is this going to be done?Oh, give me a break, your highness.I'm sorry we aren't moving quickly enough for the Prince of New York.We haven't had a working toilet for six months, Angelo.

Oh, it was too good for the bucket.After spending an entire campaign insisting he would end wars, Trump is nowhe never said.he would end wars.What about his other big promise to end inflation?

Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.Prices will come down.You just watch.They'll come down, and they'll come down fast.Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down, and we will make America affordable again.We're going to make it affordable again.

We're going to get your energy prices down by 50%.Groceries, cars, everything.We're going to get the prices down.

Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.

A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.Getting gasoline below.$2 a gallon, bring down the price of everything from electricity rates to groceries, airfares, and housing costs.

We've played that montage so many times, I keep a VHS copy of it right here next to my desk.And if you're wondering why a VHS tape, it's because I had to sell my laptop for my unicycle.Thanks, inflation.We're actually thinking of selling these in the NBC store with this beautiful slipc...And not only did Trump list the specific things he was going to make cheaper, gas, groceries, housing, electricity, airfare, he even gave a specific day he'd start making them cheaper, which was day one, which is insane.Nothing gets done on day one of any job.

My first day at SNL, I spent three hours looking for the bathroom until Tracy Morgan told me he thought it was okay to use Lauren's popcorn machine.And if you think it's impossible Tracy would say that, here's what he said might happen during Monday night's Knicks game.And by the way, take a look at her after last night's comeback.Not only did inflation not come down in a new report this week, it has found that it has gone up.It's higher than it was when Joe Biden left office.But much like his promise to end wars, Trump is changing his tune on inflation.

Now he says, actually, you guys, actually, inflation is awesome.You love inflation?I thought you were going to end it.I genuinely can't think of a more tone -deaf thing for a president to say.He might as well say, baseball is boring and apple pie is disgusting.I mean, honestly, what could he say that's more politically damaging than I love inflation?

I don't think about American financial situation.

Now, You might be asking, does Donald Trump really not care about inflation, or does Donald Trump really not care about Americans' financial situations?And the mistake you're making is continuing to talk after the word care, because unless it's followed by himself, Donald Trump doesn't care about anything.It's easier for him to try and convince you that inflation is good than it is to stop inflation.That's what he's going to do.Ending inflation on day one was a lie in the same way being the candidate of peace was a lie.He lies so easily.

Dude was out there this morning saying that Iran is telling him that they are happy with the press they're getting.The least a thing has ever happened was the time the Iranians said to Donald Trump, it's amazing how well we're doing in the papers.So, how does this work?You get on the phone with Iranian negotiators, and before you get into deal points, one of them says to you, have you seen the papers?It's hard to believe him, especially when he posts something like this.

-"Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, canceled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening."

I like when he writes, "...I have, as President of the United States of America," because then I know he didn't just do it as a blowhard from Queens who fell asleep at a finals game.The Trump presidency is a bait -and -switch, and it couldn't be any more obvious.Trump promised to end wars, then he denied he ever said it.He promised to end inflation and now says he loves inflation.The idea that Trump would ever keep one of his promises is ludicrous.It's more likely that pigs might fly or hell might freeze over or...

Thank you, Paisley.

This has been A Closer Look.