Bill Maher has revealed that he is taking a surprising new approach to making jokes about Donald Trump in his second term – and it might not be what you expect.
With the Trump administration starting later this month, the comedian told CNN he is ‘not going to chase every rabbit through the hole like I did the first semester’.
“He’s a crazy guy who says a lot of crazy things, and I’m just not going to hate anything in advance,” Maher said of President-elect Trump during his Friday appearance.
“I’m just hoping for the best, and if anything serious happens I’ll comment on it,” he said.
Maher, a longtime critic of Trump, previously warned that a Republican victory in the 2024 presidential election could spell challenges for voters.
He had expected Trump to lose to Vice President Harris in last November’s election, but Trump emerged victorious, capturing all seven battleground states.
After the election, Maher criticized Democrats, attributing their loss of both Congress and the White House in part to what he described as their “aggressively anti-common sense agenda.”
Maher stated Friday that fodder like Trump’s recent proposals on purchasing Greenland and making Canada the 51st state are still a fair shot.
Bill Maher has announced that he will take a new approach to making jokes about Donald Trump during his second term.
With the Trump administration set to begin later this month, the comedian told CNN he plans to approach the business mogul’s second term without any preconceived negativity and instead remain optimistic.
“That’s perfect for comedy, but I’m not going to take it seriously,” the late-night host said on CNN.
Maher also reiterated his belief that President Biden is too old to serve as president and should have withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election sooner to allow the Democratic Party to hold an “open” National Convention.
“I felt like I could make that case because for so many years I was the only person on television who consistently railed against ageism. “I have said for years that ageism is the last permissible prejudice we can have in this country,” Maher added on Friday.
“You can always make age jokes, you can always berate people for being too old, and that happened, as I said, on a case-by-case basis. “Some people at 70 years old act like they are 100 years old, others are 40 years old,” he added. “But this was a case, OK, where Biden was too old.”
The longtime HBO talk show host, stand-up comedian and podcaster has traditionally drawn the ire of conservatives, but now seems to be inspiring hatred and outrage from liberals just as often.
Last weekend, Bill Maher revealed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal why he focuses more and more on ‘woke’ liberals in his comedy: ‘You give me more material. I’m a comedian. I’m going to where the gold is.’
He linked this shift to his growing frustrations with left-wing Democrats, noting, “They can’t bear to hear for even a moment something they don’t already agree with. Not that the right doesn’t do it too, but the left does it even worse.’
Sitcom star Jon Cryer even shocked Bill Maher with his liberal rhetoric, suggesting what he called the “disgusting” reason why Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump
Maher — who recently railed against liberals and Democrats in a controversial interview — entertained the Two and a Half Man and Pretty in Pink actor on his Club Random podcast
Maher took aim at progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, calling her “a little out there” and expressing disdain for Ilhan Omar, whom he described as “not my favorite.”
However, Maher praised Seth Moulton, who recently faced backlash from his party for questioning the inclusion of transgender people in youth sports.
“Everything with these people should be an opportunity for virtue signaling,” Maher said, referring to those who labeled Moulton as everything from a transphobe to a Nazi collaborator.
He also talked about how some Democrats have ended their friendship with him over his decision to host conservatives like Ann Coulter, Bill Barr and Ted Cruz on his show.
“Think about what this is: people who hate me for whom I will not hate. People who hate me for who I won’t hate,” he said.
Building on his recent podcast comments, Maher criticized how liberals often disown those who disagree with them, driven by a psychological need for virtue signaling.
‘It’s in their psychological profile; they need virtue signaling and want their friends – and I think everyone on social media – to see them as the good people. ‘We are the good people. We know who is good. And it is us,” he told the WSJ.
Maher also criticized the younger generation, accusing them of lacking perspective due to their “woke colleges,” which he called “a***** factories.”
Maher called progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “a little out there” and Ilhan Omar “not my favorite”
Maher expressed his admiration for Seth Moulton, who was recently criticized by the party for questioning why they supported transgender people in youth sports.
He added: ‘They have been indoctrinated with the idea that they are living in the worst country in the world at the worst time in history, when in reality, with all our flaws, they are probably still the best, with absolutely indisputable best country. time in history.”
Despite his criticism, Maher expressed some optimism about Trump’s second term, saying Trump has hired “people I like” to try to reform Washington.
‘It’s like a Marvel movie. This gang is coming to shake things up. As a viewer I am curious what this is. It’s not that America doesn’t need to be shaken up. “We are a sclerotic, congested country, and things are slowly getting worse,” he said.
During an appearance on the Club Random podcast, sitcom actor Jon Cryer surprised Bill Maher with his outspoken liberal take on the reasons behind Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump.
The Two and a Half Men actor argued that Trump’s victory was largely due to Republicans’ deep-seated hostility toward black women and transgender people.
Maher, who recently criticized liberals and Democrats in a high-profile interview, began by explaining his views on why Democrats lost.
“I warned everyone about Trump, and then I warned them about what would get him reelected, which was stupid wokeness — that’s what got him reelected,” Maher said.
Cryer intervened, suggesting that “wokeness” was only “maybe part of it.”
When Maher pointed to polling data to support his argument, Cryer shifted focus and pointed out that inflation, which he said Americans deeply despise, was a major factor in the outcome of the election.
While acknowledging the role of inflation, Cryer expanded his reasoning, adding, “They hate inflation. They hate riots. And they hate black women. And they hate transgender people.”