Jon Stewart is impressed by the nuclear deal the U.S. and five other world powers negotiated with Iran — even if it is less a deal, as the media trumpeted last week's accord, and more of a prenuptial agreement. But Republicans aren't fans, he noted on Tuesday night's Daily Show, and they will try to thwart a final pact. Not that this is anything new, he added: "'But the deal could be derailed by congressional Republicans' is like the political version of saying 'in bed' after you read your fortune cookie: You will share your true love and share a happy future, but the deal could be derailed by congressional Republicans."
Other than opposing the deal, though, congressional Republicans and their "president," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, can't agree on their own list of demands of Iran, Stewart noted. Some argue that Tehran needs to go further in various unlikely directions, while others just want to bomb the country. In the last part, correspondent Hasan Minhaj keys off that final proposal, turning in a command performance of what he thinks Republicans really want from the Iran nuclear talks. Watch below. —Peter Weber
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