Posted on 07/28/2025 12:03:32 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Liberal comedian Bill Maher admitted that he was wrong about President Donald Trump on tariffs in a podcast posted Monday, and he’s "got to own it" because the economy is thriving.
Maher made the admission on his "Club Random" podcast as he explained that he’s always truthful with his audience during a conversation with progressive YouTube host Brian Tyler Cohen.
"Just to take an example, tariffs. Now I remember that I, along with probably most people, was saying at the beginning, ‘Oh, you know, by the 4th of July… the economy was going to be tanked by then,’ and I was kind of like, ‘Well, that seems right to me,’" Maher said.
"But, that didn’t happen," Maher said. "It could happen tomorrow. I’m just saying, that’s reality, so let’s work first from the reality of that, not from ‘I just hate Donald Trump,’ because that’s boring and doesn’t get us anywhere and leads you to dishonesty."
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What does Paul Krugman say?
gotta respect someone who acknowledges they were wrong publicly...
I hope all the patience preachers are taking notes.
No one has been perp walked yet!!
$0r0$ hasn’t told him what to say yet..................
And Vic Camber too?
We have suppliers in the USA and overseas, and I can say without a doubt, American factories are booming.
Who is suffering? Port operators and longshoreman, particularly on the West Coast.
Who cares about what a fake, shape-shifting stoner degenerate has to say?
The things the network execs allow to have a program is stunning.
Goofy clings to goofy I guess.
"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly."
And then he said this about the 9/11 hijackers...
"Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly,"
I've neither forgotten nor forgiven.
Democrats always supported tariffs, Republicans were against them.
Both Capex and real wages rising vigorously. Some depression.
Other way around. Democrats historically were against tariffs (think Deep South imports for cotton) and Republicans for tariffs thru 1930s to protect US markets and workers. Only after WWII did the Republicans sign-on to “free trade “.
dvwjr
Maher has a pretty good monologue out there about bringing back traditional parenting - - the “trad dad”.
Just one thing you have to remember with Bill.
Bill Maher always does what is in the best personal interests of Bill Maher. Thats it.
Bill Maher always says just enough things just to keep the cash registers rolling. Next week he’ll say something supportive of Democrats. Notice how every time Maher says something remotely positive about Trump social media erupts into hizzahs. Next week he’ll say something (typically dumb) in praise of Democrats... and then social media will erupt outraged how out of touch the left-wing Maher is.
Maher is an entertainer with a well-honed schtick.
Unbelievable how easily people are played.
maybe... but you’d know someone like Pelousy with the level of her self-interest would never admit to something like this like Maher did...
Was George Washington a Democrat because he was definitely pro tariff?
The Republican Party was pro tariff up to WWII. The tariff was a huge plank in the GOP Platform.
At least he sort of admitted his knee-jerk talking point initial reaction was wrong, but entertainment industry nitwit Bill Maher's just a partisan hack, always has been, always will be; :
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