Donald Trump attacked HBO host Bill Maher on Saturday, calling him “very overrated” and saying his late-night talk show is dead.
“Bill Maher, the highly overrated ‘Star’ of the ratings show challenged with fake, loud, obnoxious laughter coming out of your set every few seconds, even when nothing funny was said (which is what happens most of the time). time!), “He suffers from a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes called TDS,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump’s comment comes just hours after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) joined Maher on Real Time to discuss the former president’s criminal charges and warned against a second Trump term.
Cuomo and Maher shared the same belief that Trump’s New York hush money case should never have moved forward, as it politicized the justice system and ultimately helped Trump’s campaign.
Maher, however, believes that Trump should have been tried in a different case.
“If only they had heard about trying to overthrow the United States government. That’s the main! He Tried to Overthrow the United States Government! And we’re never going to hear that,” Maher said Friday night.
“And good for you,” Cuomo said, pointing to Kinzinger, “for January 6.”
Kinzinger served on the House Select Committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol during his last term in Congress.
After Friday night’s episode, Trump recommends that his Republican colleagues stay away from Maher and his show.
“Republicans should stop using him as a benchmark, their program is dead!” Trump wrote.
In March, Maher vowed to do everything he could to prevent Trump from winning the 2024 election.
The late-night talk show host has criticized both political parties, sharing opinions such as that “the left has changed” and that their “ideas are stupid.” He also said earlier this month that President Biden “was going to lose” the upcoming presidential election, allowing for a Trump victory.
