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Bill Maher isn’t letting Donald Trump’s recent Middle East visit go unnoticed—especially after the former president returned with what Maher is dubbing a pricey “souvenir.”
On Friday’s opening monologue on Real Time with Bill Maher, the seasoned host focused on a puzzling headline: Trump purportedly accepted a $400 million aircraft from Qatar.
“You know, when you travel, you like to come back with a souvenir, right? So he got a $400 million plane,” Maher joked. “They handed him a $400 million aircraft, and he accepted it.”
Maher joined a growing wave of critics mocking the supposed gift, which has sparked widespread ridicule this week. But Maher wasnât done skewering the optics of the situationâor the hypocrisy he sees in the response.
âThis has to be the ultimate âIf Obama did it,ââ Maher continued, highlighting the double standard in political punditry when it comes to Trumpâs actions versus those of his predecessors.
And then came the punchline.
âIf Obama did it, Fox News would be endlessly calling it âAllah Force One,ââ Maher said, drawing laughs from the audience.
Of course, Maher acknowledged that the plane wouldnât actually qualify as Air Force One. As he explained, the aircraft would need extensive retrofitting to meet presidential security protocolsâsomething thatâs unlikely to happen before Trump leaves office.
âSo then it would have to be private, which would be illegal, but you know it doesnât matter,â Maher added, throwing up his hands in faux defeat at the idea that Trump continues to avoid consequences for behavior others would be skewered for.
While Maher is no stranger to mocking Trump, his own name recently made headlines when he had dinner with the former president back in Marchâa meeting that didnât sit well with some, including Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David. In a New York Times parody titled My Dinner With Adolf, David took a comedic swipe at Maher, drawing criticism of his own.
Maher later pushed back, calling the joke âoffensive to Jewish people.â David is Jewish himself.
The dinner, however, doesnât seem to have blunted Maherâs usual Trump takes. In an earlier episode, Maher took aim at Trumpâs economic policies and how theyâve impacted the holidays for American families.
And now, according to Maher, Trump controls a small fleet: the two official Air Force Ones, his own Trump-branded jet, and this controversial âgiftâ from Qatar.
âEverybody else, still only $3 and 10 pencils,â Maher concluded.
During his “New Rule” segment, which you can watch below, Maher blasted Americans for being hypocrites and deciding what to like and what not to like based on the other political party’s interests.
The HBO host used electric vehicles as an example, pointing out that liberals used to love electric cars and now they have become a symbol of right-wing peacocking.
