{"id":2508521,"date":"2025-11-09T14:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-praises-trump-for-not-playing-silly-games-in-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T19:52:40","slug":"maher-praises-trump-for-not-playing-silly-games-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-praises-trump-for-not-playing-silly-games-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Maher Praises Trump for Not Playing &#8216;Silly Games&#8217; in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaher-praises-trump-for-not-playing-silly-games-in-the-middle-east%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2508521&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Bill Maher praised former President Donald Trump for his distinctive approach to Middle East diplomacy during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brave-whistleblower-space-force-commander-fired-for-calling-out-marxist-ideology-infiltrating-military\/\" title=\"\u2018Brave Whistleblower\u2019: Space Force Commander Fired For Calling Out Marxist Ideology Infiltrating Military\u00a0\">recent podcast<\/a>.Maher highlighted Trump&#8217;s role in brokering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six ... Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">peace deal<\/a> between israel and Hamas in October 2023, which included the release of hostages taken by Hamas. He commended Trump for openly supporting Israel and Western democratic values rather than attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-obama-enamored-with-beto-orourke-skeptical-of-joe-biden-in-2020-democratic-primary\/\" title=\"Book: Obama \u2018Enamored\u2019 with Beto O\u2019Rourke, Skeptical of Joe ... in 2020 Democratic Primary\">remain neutral<\/a>, noting that this stance earned Trump strong support both from Jewish communities and Arab countries involved in facilitating the agreement. Maher also contrasted Trump&#8217;s approach with that of President Joe Biden, who initially criticized Saudi Arabia but later engaged with its leadership. Trump emphasized the importance of engaging with Arab nations as a counterbalance to Shiite Iran due to their strategic and economic significance. the peace deal was reportedly facilitated with help from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, culminating in Trump signing a peace accord in Egypt with Arab leaders to end hostilities between Israel and Hamas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Bill Maher lauded President Donald Trump for his unique style of Middle East diplomacy on his &ldquo;Club Random&rdquo; podcast Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump achieved the first phase of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in October, which included the release of all the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Maher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wNzfeqh-JYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credited<\/a> Trump on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ClubRandomPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">podcast<\/a> for taking Israel&rsquo;s side while also earning the admiration of Arab countries, who helped facilitate the deal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t play the silly game that the other presidents do, like, &lsquo;Well, we have to be even-steven. Who knows who&rsquo;s right, the people who treasure life or the people who treasure death?&rsquo; And he was like, &lsquo;Where would you live? Ramallah or Tel Aviv? You&rsquo;d live in Tel Aviv.&rsquo; A society that resembles yours and has d values,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-maher-says-trump-given-perspective-now-love-meet-george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maher<\/a> said. &ldquo;Not letting women be free to dress as they want and covering their faces and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stuff &#038;mdash<\/a>; that&rsquo;s not our values. Are you kidding?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So he said, &lsquo;No, I&rsquo;m with Israel. Let&rsquo;s see how this works out. I&rsquo;m with Western values. I think democracy is better than theocracy.&rsquo; &hellip; The Jews love him more than any president ever. And the Arabs do too. That&rsquo;s quite a hat trick,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;You got to give it up for that one. That&rsquo;s quite a trick that the Saudi Arabia &mdash; they kind of relate on a &lsquo;You like gold everything; I like gold everything.&rsquo; And also, the Trump doctrine is really, &lsquo;We don&rsquo;t judge you. You know what, you cut the head off a journalist? Yeah, I wouldn&rsquo;t do it, but you know, I&rsquo;m just not going to judge.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icymi-video-rfk-jr-pile-driving-bill-maher-vax-show-left-audience-applauding-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maher<\/a> also noted former President Joe Biden ended up changing his tune on Saudi Arabia. Biden had pledged to make Saudi Arabia &ldquo;the pariah that they are&rdquo; during a Democratic debate in 2019, but eventually met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2022 and even gave him a fist bump.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup'); 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They&rsquo;re the counterweight to Shiite Iran and they are the people who have the oil,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-bill-maher-takes-stand-christians-nigeria-calls-actual-genocide-kids-protesting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comedian<\/a> said. &ldquo;So you can&rsquo;t not deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said in his Oct. 8  <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115340993884364431\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> announcing the Israel-Hamas deal that it was brokered with the assistance of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey. 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