Invoice Maher can’t consider President Donald Trump’s second time period is just “11 fucking days old.”
In his “Real Time” monologue on Friday, the host tore into Trump and his newfound confidante, Elon Musk, in mild of Wednesday’s lethal aircraft crash in Washington, D.C. That evening, a navy helicopter collided with an American Airways jet, killing 67 individuals.
Maher famous that Trump was initially appropriate in stating instantly after the crash that its trigger was nonetheless unclear, just for the MAGA chief responsible federal variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives “10 seconds later.”
The reason for the mid-air collision remains to be unknown, however Maher referred to as the continued blame recreation “frustrating.”
“Everything is just such an overreaction,” he added. “Nothing ever stops in the middle. DEI, we overreached with that, now we have an accident like this, and Trump’s view is, ‘Well, the air traffic controller was distracted because he was a Haitian eating a cat at the time.’”
He famous that Democrats are blaming Elon Musk, who in September urged then-Federal Aviation Administration head Michael Whitaker to resign. Whitaker notably fined Musk’s SpaceX firm $633,009 final 12 months and stepped down on Inauguration Day.
“This administration is 11 fucking days old … and already they’ve gotten rid of the head of the FAA, the head of the TSA, eliminated the aviation security committee,” Maher continued. “I know you guys are very big on firing, but maybe keep the people who talk to the aeroplanes.”
Trump gutted a key aviation security committee and fired the top of the Transportation Safety Administration one week earlier than the crash.
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Maher went on to mimic the Nazi-esque salute Musk gave at an inaugural occasion in January, however stopped wanting calling him a Nazi. Maher beforehand interviewed the tech mogul in 2023 and agreed with him {that a} “woke mind virus” had captured the Democratic Social gathering.
He additionally criticized the Trump administration for planning to show Guantanamo Bay right into a detention middle for migrants who’re dwelling within the U.S. illegally, however recommended a few of the blame should land on lawmakers who declare to oppose Trump — however can’t act on it.
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“We just spent 20 years finally almost emptying the place,” he stated Friday. “Now he wants to send 30,000 illegal aliens to Guantanamo Bay. I get it, you guys, this is what people voted for. But I kinda feel sorry … for the pitiful, powerless people he is pushing around.”
Then got here the punchline: “I’m referring to Congress.”