HBO's Bill Maher says cable news is glorifying of the U.S. bombing of a Syrian airfield, calling the footage of naval destroyers firing cruise missiles "America's money shot."

The “Real Time” host on Friday ripped news coverage and mocked Republicans for supporting Thursday's strike after opposing a similar plan during the Obama administration.

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“American cruise missiles blew up an airfield last night in Syria because the dictator there was using chemical weapons — which he has done many times,” Maher said.

“In 2013, 98 Republicans signed a letter saying bombing Syria in response to a chemical attack was unconstitutional without congressional authorization. But this is different, because Obama was president then. That would have involved bombing while black.”

Maher pivoted to cable news coverage of the bombing, which featured even left-leaning pundits praising the decision to strike.

“In America, you’re not really president until you bomb something, you know?” said Maher. “Even the liberals were all over this last night. Everybody loves this f--king thing. Cable news loves it when they show footage of destroyers firing cruise missiles at night. It’s America’s money shot.”

CNN's Fareed Zakaria made headlines after saying the military action was a presidential moment for President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE.

“I think Donald Trump became president of the United States last night,” he said Friday on CNN. "I think this was actually a big moment.”

MSNBC's Brian Williams was scorched on social media after calling footage of U.S. missile launches "beautiful."

During "The 11th Hour" late Thursday, Williams said the "beautiful pictures at night" prompted him to quote a line from a Leonard Cohen song: "I am guided by the beauty of our weapons." The former NBC Nightly News anchor went on to call the images "beautiful pictures of fearsome armaments."

Jesus Christ -- Brian Williams: "I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons" - You can support airstrike without glamorizing it. https://t.co/77tefLFt9g — Yashar (@yashar) April 7, 2017

"Dear Brian Williams: Leave the rhapsodies to Cohen" https://t.co/D2lOrcVTS6 via @PostOpinions — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 7, 2017

Brian Williams is under fire for calling the US strike beautiful. However that story might not be true as it was reported by Brian Williams. — Will Presti (@WillPresti) April 7, 2017

Brian Williams calls DOD video of missile strikes "beautiful", unironically quotes Leonard Cohen, "Im guided by the beauty of our weapons" — Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) April 7, 2017

Maher also tied in a jab at another big story making major headlines this week: The Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad.

"Of course Trump made clear that the cruise missiles were a last resort. The first idea was sending Kendall Jenner with a can of Pepsi."