{"id":316077,"date":"2025-10-19T13:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/316077\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:22:11","slug":"bill-maher-says-trump-deserves-credit-where-credit-is-due-for-gaza-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/316077\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher says Trump deserves &#8216;credit where credit is due&#8217; for Gaza peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/27\/media\/bill-maher-calls-for-a-return-to-old-america-tells-left-to-scale-back-progressive-ideology\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Maher is giving<\/a> credit \u201cwhere credit is due,\u201d congratulating President Donald Trump on brokering the Gaza peace deal. Speaking to his audience on HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d Maher acknowledged that Trump accomplished something many thought might be impossible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019ve gotta give credit where credit is due. I mean, a lot of people tried to pull this off. He did,\u201d Maher said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the White House finalized an agreement between Israel and Hamas to end years of conflict in Gaza. It was a deal Trump and his team helped broker.<\/p>\n<p>Maher, a frequent critic of Trump, praised the president\u2019s success with his usual dry humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two years, the Palestinians are returning to Palestine, the hostages are coming back to Israel, and everyone\u2019s blown away that Trump pulled it off,\u201d Maher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why. I mean, if there\u2019s one thing he\u2019s good at, it\u2019s sending people back where they came from,\u201d the host joked.<\/p>\n<p>Maher, a frequent critic of Trump, praised the president\u2019s success with his usual dry humor. HBO<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders\u2019 summit on ending the Gaza war on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>His quip referred to Trump\u2019s latest push to deport illegal immigrants convicted of crimes out of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Hamas released the final 20 living hostages and began returning the bodies of those killed. Israel has since pulled back its forces in Gaza to an agreed-upon line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/us-news\/trump-threatens-to-go-in-and-kill-hamas-if-gaza-executions-continue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump said<\/a> mediators will now begin working on phases two and beyond of the 20-point peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>A \u201cWelcome Back Home\u201d sign is seen in Habima Square on October 14, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis breakthrough that we\u2019re here to celebrate tonight is more than the end of the war in Gaza, it\u2019s, with God\u2019s help, it\u2019ll be the new beginning for an entire beautiful Middle East,\u201d said Trump in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Maher also pointed to Trump\u2019s standing in the region.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is beloved in Israel more than any other president ever, for a good reason. He also won over the Arabs. He\u2019s the only thing besides hummus they both like,\u201d Maher added jokingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Late-night host Bill Maher is giving credit \u201cwhere credit is due,\u201d congratulating President Donald Trump on brokering the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":316078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[4087,69,171,4526,373,398,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-316077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bill-maher","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gaza-strip","12":"tag-israel-hamas-war","13":"tag-media","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115401047736439501","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}