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“The people are not savvy about issues, but they smell a phony a mile away. And that kind of ****, nobody else does it,” he continued.
Maher argued that voters are smart enough to detect when someone is faking it—and Trump, in all his unapologetic boldness, simply doesn’t play that game. That brutal honesty, Maher said, is what sets Trump apart.
Even though Maher confessed to being one of Trump’s “biggest critics,” he admitted there were moments when the former president’s actions forced even him to take notice.
“You know, there’s a couple of times when… I mean, look, I’ve been his biggest critic for good reason. And when he got reelected, I said, I’m not going to pre-hate anything. And then the first week I said ‘Well, there’s lots of things I hate,’ because I do,” Maher said. “Okay, there are some things I don’t hate also, but the way he can do that and sometimes kind of make me go, ‘Oh man, I got to give it up!’”
One moment that earned Trump Maher’s grudging respect? His tough stance with the Taliban. Maher recounted the time Trump threatened the Taliban with a targeted strike if any U.S. soldiers were harmed during withdrawal talks.
“Like when he… did that thing where the guy came in from the Taliban and he said, ‘This is an aerial picture of your house. If during a withdrawal, one American is hurt, just know I know where you live,’” Maher said. “I was like, oh, can we just play the music now?”
Then Maher dropped the kind of line that would get most left-wing celebrities canceled.
“Because I don’t care, it’s Donald Trump and he’s the worst person ever, blah, blah blah. I ******* love that!” he exclaimed.
Maher also brought up a moment from the 2016 Republican primary debates, when Trump proudly defended his hometown after being mocked for having “New York values.”
“One time they were doing something, something was going on and he said, ‘You know what? When you come after New York. You gotta go through me,’” Maher recalled.
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It wasn’t just admiration—it was a roadmap. Maher said that Democrats will continue to lose unless they can find someone who can channel the same raw, unapologetic energy that Trump brings to every room.
“It’s like, oh, hometown boy, you know, he has those moments that no other politician has and the Democrats have to find that guy,” he concluded.
In other words, even Bill Maher can admit it—Trump has the magic that voters crave. And while the elites might scoff, Americans see through the phonies, and they’re not looking for another puppet. They want someone who fights.
Whether they admit it or not, even liberals like Maher are starting to realize: Trump’s power isn’t just in his politics—it’s in his presence.
