Bill Maher calls it a “slow-moving coup” and predicts Trump will use the army he’s amassing in D.C. to maintain power even if the Democrats win.
Bill Maher calls it a “slow-moving coup” and predicts Trump will use the army he’s amassing in D.C. to maintain power even if the Democrats win.
Donald won't use the army. He won't need to. He will use his ICE army. It is starting with an electoral insurrection AKA gerrymandering wars & it could very well end with...not a peaceful transfer of power. youtu.be/6Qp5AZZ-N2A
America can have an alternate Capital if needed, like Bonn was for Germany.
Bill seems surprisingly calm and smug about it. I guess he figures he’s rich enough to be protected.
Coup isn’t slow moving. It’s been happening since 2020.
Duh Bill, this is why you don't go have dinner with the people trying to do a coup. Now you just look stupid.
Welcome to what the rest of us knew in 2016.
NO FUCKING SHIT...... JFC are you kidding me? It's right in front of us. Republicans are not going anywhere regardless off what the elections say. There is going to be many people killed by 2029. People were screaming it from the rooftops from 21 to 24. Ignorant MFing trump supporters.
He also sat down at dinner with him and came away from it saying, meh, he’s an OK guy who’s maybe just acting like a tyrant.
Something something broken clock
Christ you Americans are so naive. Slow moving coup?!?! That happened on November 4, what you're seeing now is a consolidation of that coup. It's been too late a long time ago.
He's right.
Of course! Why wouldn’t they attempt a coup? America is ripe for the picking Why? Because 90% of the population is either too lazy or too stupid to do anything about it. Look at how Jan 6 ended up. No one important was jailed and the rest were pardoned in the end anyway.
Trump incarnation of 7 sins Pride: self professed genius Greed: focus on wealth accumulation Lust: infidelity & behavior to women Envy: attacks on opponents with accomplishments or popularity Gluttony: excessive consumption lifestyle Wrath: aggressive attacks on critics Sloth: idleness golfing
I don’t understand why our troops are willing to go against fellow Americans. Their allegiance is to country and constitution not to a person. Maybe I’m too dumb to understand this.
Absolutely
Bill seems surprisingly calm and smug about it. I guess he figures he’s rich enough to be protected. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to figure out how to protect our democracy from a slow-moving coup.
Patronizing schmuck. As if we don't already know that.
Wake the FUQ UP.. America.. correct.. and been hollering .. since the mf.. came down that ....
Little late to what we already knew there bill.
Bill is quite smart.
Yup! Americans, be eyes wide open. This is what’s happening now!
Exactly! Trump has put federal forces on the streets of LA and DC. More cities will follow soon. He is "softening up" the US population to a nationwide introduction of a military enforced dictatorship. It couldn't be more obvious. Don't fall for the, "It couldn't happen here" rhetoric. It will!
He’s got that Rufo guy as a guest, normalizing his shit, enough said.
if this was the french revolution, bill maher would have a date with the guillotine for his complicity…
So what did he ever do to head off the coup? Another one of those news media people who find it exciting, and useful to provide content for his show.
Bill Maher rolling out here like he didn't glaze the fuck out of Trump every chance he got because it was profitable to do so.
🎯
Sure, but he was a great dinner host.
I don’t give one happy crap what Bill Maher says one way or another
Dem leadership could have done a helluva lot more during the first term and they held their fire to ride it out. By the time they finally impeached, the rot was already too deep with elected Rs.
Captain Obvious strikes again!
Last week the ever-so-humble Maher stated that Trump hates war: Guess that's why he's positioning so many troops in America... simply to "deter" any acrimonious activities that could resemble anything that may seem a bit "war-like", but presented in a "civil manner." www.youtube.com/shorts/DVmPe...
I'm not a Bill Maher fan, but I can envision what he's saying unfolding. We have to do what we can to prepare, including paying attention to red state governors' races, especially those who would send in National Guard to DC to assist in a "slow-moving" coup.
So now he's back to being against trump? He was all anti- woke before. I wonder if what trump is doing at the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian is what Maher wanted?
Bill who?
Hope Maher can feel the blood on his hands.
Bill is on to something.
maher is an idiot. the coup is over. now it's time to take it back.
You can no longer be the messenger if you dined with him and thought he was “gracious and measured”. And we all know he’s not planning on going.
Fuck off Bill Maher just like Elon Musk we won’t forget what you did and said You help normalize this crazy you old useless fuck www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...
It’s always been the plan; anyone who can’t see it is complicit.
No fuckin duh bill🙄
They may dream of normalizing a permanent police presence, with gangs of unidentified masked Gestapo thugs abducting people off the streets and in the workplace, but the vast majority of Americans will never view any of this as normal. "... but, you can't fool all of the people all of the time."
As much as I dislike Maher now, in this analysis he is sounding an alarm every American citizen should hear. This headed in a very frightening direction very quickly. Trump learned from 2020 and he is making sure it doesn’t happen again.
I refuse to watch Bill Maher. But Nicole Wallace showed a clip of him speaking truth. I did listen to that. Idk how we can stop this coup train that has been gaining speed for many years. The analogy of frogs in slowly increasing heated water was used.
F*** Bill Maher. He’s part of the orange-tinted rapist felon’s rise to power. Do not forget that. He doesn’t deserve a moment of your time. Let him fall into the hole he’s helped create.
And I helped!
so why doesn’t he constantly speak out against Trump?
Duh.
The only thing slow moving is Maher’s brain. bsky.app/profile/thet...
Is there something funny about this? I don’t see the humor.
I’m confused, so does this cancel out the positive vibes he got from having a very congenial dinner with Trump?
maher is exactly what is wrong with the democratic leadership…
He’s not part of the democratic leadership though
i know, but his policy position and demeanor toward progressives embodies the way dem leaders behave
I was assuming that’s what you meant, but I appreciate you being a bit more specific. I do think that Maher has some positions that are much more conservative than what the Dem leadership position is, in terms of “woke” culture, etc., but he might just say a lot of stuff out loud that they don’t.
You’re so indoctrinated that you’d rather he lie about how Trump was in person than report the truth. Thank god we still have some folks who’d rather tell the truth than follow a party’s narrative.
Nope. I didn’t say that. I was merely pointing out a fact. People can indeed be very charming and polite monsters. That’s why Ghislaine & Epstein are so dangerous.
No doubt. And Bill Maher has continued to offer some of the most intelligent and heavy criticism of Trump.
maher is an islamophobic corporate shill
I used to be a regular viewer, but I stopped having the bandwidth for his show sometime during the election.
And that’s the beauty of America. You can’t however claim he’s canoodling with Trump just because of the woke being butt hurt over his dinner, as you just admitted you don’t watch his show and haven’t seen him criticize Trump every week.
Again, you’re projecting something on to my statement that I didn’t say. Feel free to continue expressing your big feelings. I hope it will you.
Your statement is not a fact. It’s your perception based on social media hoopla, unless you watched the show where he reported the meeting, which you claim you no longer do.
Good point.
@tacos4pedro.bsky.social over here faking the Progressive flavor and still somehow caping for Trump?
Oh. That's weird. He's always said people were overreacting or being hyperbolic when we said that very thing. He's a little late to the game.
Wow. The intellect on Mahar is just astonishing - since we’ve been saying this for what, 5 years now? Slow moving - does he think coups only happen in one day? All of this within less than a year is far from “slow moving”.
Really Bill? What was your first clue? Maybe go grab a sandwich with the motherfucker
And just guess who Trump will order hanged in front of the White House....
So… is that worse than angry leftist kids and language policing? Maybe he can ask Ann Coulter about it
Yeah man, and you had a charming dinner with the guy leading it. Glad it's painfully obvious even to the most oblivious blowhard.
Bill Maher is a pathetic looser who just now got sober enough to notice he threw out the republic with his bong water.
Bill Maher is really not that smart, but even he sees it.
Only when it’s so obvious you can’t deny it. But if it helps the people who watch him finally wise up to what is happening, fine. They aren’t that smart, either, but we will need them to understand and be pissed off too. I don’t understand how he is still on the air, but whatever, I guess.
He is still a POS. Just saying.
No kidding- he’s been rooting for this all along, and now just notices? Xst, he’s such an unoriginal hack. 🙄
Bill so wants to be William F Buckley
Yes, we all see it. But please keep having enablers on your show like Rufo.
Wasn't this the same fucker who a few months ago had a very publicized meal with Trump and post-lunch proceeded to show the world how much wider Trump left his asshole? Some motherfuckers have zero shame.
Slow moving huh? What a genius 🙄
Am I supposed to act surprised??? It’s difficult when you had a spoiler alert issued during the campaign…
Bill Maher is right, but you could get your news from someone with a spine and without a strong proclivity for saying the hard-r N-word, praising the cheeto's tarriffs, insulting neurodivergence, and overall being vile scum. STOP REPOSTING HIM!
To everyone questioning why Holler is posting this racist idiot, I've been on them for it for weeks. Maybe if we all unfollow they'll get the message? I follow them for updates on my home state, and agree with the general message, but religiously reposting bigots is a step too far.
No shit genius. Maybe you shouldn’t have had your happy dinner with him.
Don’t make me agree with that asshole
If I had any respect for Bill Maher, I would be more enthusiastic. As it is, I’m just figuring this is one of his broken clock moments. He’s right, but it’s not a particularly impressive feat.
Also all the renovations, him on the rooftop scoping out his next plan, the added “ballroom”… the squatter is planning on staying long term.
Bill Maher? Who is this "Bill Maher" of whom you speak?
A great many people were WAYYYY ahead of you on this, Bill.
"Slow moving coup?" - terminology after meeting w/ the orange menace. F'ck Maher -
Maybe he shouldn’t have spent the entire last four years complaining about ‘woke’ then.
No longer a fan of Maher but on this I agree. Trump and the Republican Party are not amassing all this power to give it up in 3. 5 years. That's not the way the Republicans will play this.
His evil minions are moving their pieces in place. Trump is just there useful idiot. Be prepared for how they will try to “market” JD as a replacement.
If only anyone cared what Maher has to say
Yep, and the lame-ass Dems will just let it happen. It can't just be Newsome and a couple of others making noise and doing shit. Haven't even heard a peep out of my Governor, Walz about anything as of late. SMDH
A shame we lost Roddy Piper a decade ago yet this piece of opinionated shit still walks and talks bullshit
duh
Well Bill Maher I hope your 100% wrong and I have to believe that everything Mark Elias and all the great legal minds that are fighting with every ounce of their being to make sure that our democracy holds in 14 months from now so I hope you are wrong or I hope Trump doesn’t live that long.
The coup ain’t really that slow moving. It’s only been 8 months to get to authoritarian fascist dictatorship
It’s not slow moving.
People laughing in the audience wtf is wrong with yall?
I think Bill is right about this. I thought so when he said it in 2017. I also quit watching Bill in 2018 or 19 as I viewed him as having drifted towards the nut case end of the scale. He was/is right about the coup.
Isn't that the guy who sorta shifted towards the Trump-camp a while ago?
Who the fuck cares what this guy says?
He's not wrong.
The coup already happened & its been pretty damn fast to me! They are just consolidating power. I think the ICE militia will be the primary force of pressure not military. Seems the dictator wants military tied up 'protecting' ICE with immigrant kidnappings. Hoping military less malleable.
Doesn't look all that slow to me
Maher on Trump when he met him at the White House in April: "It matters who he is on the world stage. I'm just taking it’s a positive that this person exists, because everything I've ever not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent at least on this night with this guy.”
Bill may have went off the deep end But he was one of the first to point this out And he’s 💯 correct on it
He refused to leave last time and failed. Of course he’s planning to stay … or worse yet, the people who are propping him up will assume control. He is just the head of the beast.
But they had a nice dinner, so it’s probably fine.
A Trump fan boy says what now? Sorry Maher, the time to be alarmed, was way back when the GOP decided to run him again.
How observant of him. That ass.
I've been saying this for a while. The next January 6 will be when duly elected Democrats try to enter a Capitol surrounded by Trump's goon squads to be sworn into office.
Is his opinion relevant?
We know this. Dems, get it together.
Who knew Trump would do that? We all did. Nobody in power is stopping him.
You kissed his butt had a front row seat and will be one of the first in the downfall
Obvious… Bill Maher is not that smart!
keep dining with hitler, bill.
Hey Bill. Kissing his ass cost you viewers. Now you're telling us he's dangerous. You should learn, you can't have it both ways. You kissed the ring, so like Trump, you can fuck off and die
Bill Maher can shut all the way the fuck up. That POS is a walking sign for sexual harassment. He simply kisses the ass closest.
Bill also says "both sides are the same" fuck Bill
Slow?
And…Bill Maher helped elect Trump.
Wasn't he sucking Trump's tiny mushroom like 2 months ago?
That's basically been the program since Trump took over. It was more of a coup than an election. Trump has always thought that he could stay in power if he was supported by the military which is why he chose Hegseth as the sec of defense. He will do anything Trump tells him to do. We're screwed.
Did Maher just wake up or what the fuck has he been doing all year long
He crawled out of trump's anus for this???
This is the scenario that makes the most sense to me
Slow?!
Hey Americans, once you get armed warriors in your streets, you can say goodbye to your elections. But don't wake up, all is fine ... for now.
Broken clock
I remember when Bill Mahrer thought Bernie was the biggest threat to the US 🙄
Another “comedian” who’s part of the problem. So he’s just now figuring it out. Good job Billy. Better late than never huh.
Bill maher is a slow moving kook
Bill Maher is human garbage. Can’t believe he’s still on air.
He’s on air because he uses his brain unlike the people who just call other names because they disagree with.
He went for a glaze-dinner with Trump and then went on his show to tell his audience that Trump was really funny and reasonable to hang with and everyone should calm down.
Perhaps he's trying to explain that he believes he was mistaken. This is a pretty strong claim for him to make, especially when backed by what seems to be very credible evidence. My question is, is anybody listening to what he's saying? We can shoot the messenger but at least listen to the message.
What @soozuk.bsky.social is saying isn't factual by any means. Who knows what her motivation may be for distorting what Maher actually said.
His whole schtick for the past ten years has been that purple haired college kids with weird piercings are the real threat of intolerance and censorship faced by the country
And he's at least partially correct. But realistically, censorship is something that both parties share.
Any social criticism should follow the question: who actually has power? Much more worried about a government using its power to silence media critivs and law firms and extort businesses than some college kids protesting a speaker at their school
No doubt, but if far left folks are vocal enough to cause the party to lose, they also have "some" power.
Where is your proof that "the far left caused the party to lose"? Kamala barely said anything about trans people,doesn't support universal single payer, and campaigned with Liz Cheney (not Bernie Sanders or AOC)
Factually incorrect regarding trans. She was scared to take a position. Thankfully the two leading candidates for 28 have taken a common sense based position, and have had the bluesky kids try to cancel them.
Please share an example from her campaign showing her speaking substantially for trans rights
YouTube is your friend. I’m not your servant.
Evergreen sentiment on your behalf. 😂 Dude is a clown. He always has been. After 9/11 he revealed himself to be a bigoted jackass. That was over twenty years ago. Did he use his brain when he went to the White House not too long ago? He’s a centrist dork. He tries too hard. Fuck Bill Maher.
And yes he absolutely used his brain when he challenged Trump at the dinner. You wouldn’t know because you’d rather be all butt hurt than know actual facts.
the fact that people like you expect to be taken seriously will forever amaze me.
It’s social media grumpy, you don’t even use your real name or photo so before you critize others, take a good look at yoself. 😂
I never claimed to expect anyone to take me seriously, sweetie. But you clearly expect people to take you seriously, and that amazes me.
Neither did I honey.
I know you didn't, sweetie. I was rather clear in what I said.
Indeed. Just making up shit 😂😂😂
Obama is a centrist. You mean he was a dork when he went against the narrative and had his show cancelled due to it?
Yeah, Obama was a moderate. What the fuck does this have to do with that charismatic war criminal?
You’re the one trying to denigrate Bill Maher for being a centrist. Not me. Most Democrats are moderate.
Fuck the Dems too. I think political parties in this country shouldn’t exist. If we’re not going to have at least 5-7 viable parties, we shouldn’t have any.
He literally said thr Trump wasn't dangerous, multiple times. The name I call it is "idiot".
Maher is an asshole.
I think it’s already happened.
@realbillmaher.bsky.social attacked liberals, vilified woke, promoted anti-vax nonsense without qualification or admission that the US had worse outcomes (more deaths) because of his views, and normalized Conald to play dinner party. It isn’t slow Bill. But you are.
Maher is a moron. Change my mind.
Annnnnnnnd he finally got there! It took a while and sanewashed his image in the meantime. But, hey, better late than never!
Yeah and Bill paved the way by dismissing progressives at every turn.
Maher platforms right wing Trump henchmen and y'all think he's sincere here? You don't invite Chris Rufo to be on your show if you're opposed to this.
Maher is yellow journalism pretending to be muckraker yet you quote him. Unbelievable.
Bill Maher gets the "No Shit Sherlock" award.
So he’s admitting he had dinner with and openly complimented a dictator who’s committing a coup against the country?
“He is much more self-aware than he lets on in public.” www.forbes.com/sites/timlam...
But Bill told me Trump was charming and the MeToo movement was dangerous.