Bill Maher Calls Donald Trump “An Authoritarian Taylor Swift” During Fiery ‘Real Time’ Monologue
Bill Maher’s Real Time monologue this week hit a high note — and not just because he compared Donald Trump to Taylor Swift.
During Friday night’s episode of the HBO show, Maher briefly praised Trump for his role in the Israel–Hamas deal before launching into a blistering riff on the former president’s retribution campaign and self-styled “No Kings” protests.
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“No, the Republicans are saying this is not no King’s Day,” Maher said. “They said this is hate America day. Yeah, liberals hate America? That’s what they think? Yeah, if you won’t stop assembling freely and speaking freely, we’re gonna send our masked, unaccountable secret police to arrest you, as America should be!”
The comedian then mocked Trump’s insistence that he doesn’t see himself as a monarch. “He said, I am not a king, and the next person who calls me one, they’re going to find their ass in the dungeon, let me tell you!” Maher joked. “I have no intention of becoming a king, but if some country wants to donate a gold crown, I’m not gonna say no.”
Maher compared Trump’s mounting list of political enemies to Nixon’s infamous “enemies list.” “You know, enemies list, I remember when Nixon, you know, they accused Nixon of having an enemies list and he denied it. Trump reads it out loud!” Maher said. “I’m not kidding, he just reads it out loud — that’s a little bit of a difference.”
Then came the kicker: “Trump is going after everyone that ever pissed him off,” Maher said. “He’s like an authoritarian Taylor Swift. It’s amazing.”
Later in the episode, Maher welcomed actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who didn’t hold back when discussing Governor Gavin Newsom’s Prop 50 measure — calling it “a big scam.”
The proposal, which would temporarily change California’s congressional district maps, has been billed by Newsom as a way to prevent Trump and Republicans from “rigging the next election.” Schwarzenegger, however, called it proof that gerrymandering remains alive and well.
“Do you know who I want to win? The people,” he said. “The people have to win. See, I’m a Republican, but I’m not a Republican hack. I’m not a political hack. I don’t serve the party, I always serve the people. The people are first.”
He warned voters against giving “power back to the politicians” via Prop 50, adding, “We fought that for too long. Let’s not do that. Let’s be a good example. Let the Democrats outperform the Republicans, and therefore, because of their performance, win and get the House back.”
You can watch an excerpt from Maher’s interview with Schwarzenegger above.
Maher’s panel for the night featured Squawk Box host and author Andrew Ross Sorkin alongside billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. You can watch the full episode on HBO Max.
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