{"id":2281782,"date":"2024-06-22T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-bill-maher-after-he-defended-biden-against-viral-clips-his-show-is-dead-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T13:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T17:44:54","slug":"trump-slams-bill-maher-after-he-defended-biden-against-viral-clips-his-show-is-dead-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-bill-maher-after-he-defended-biden-against-viral-clips-his-show-is-dead-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams Bill Maher after he defended Biden against viral clips: \u2018His show is dead!\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-slams-bill-maher-after-he-defended-biden-against-viral-clips-his-show-is-dead-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2281782&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump\u200c attacked late-night host \u2062Bill Maher on Truth Social, describing \u2063him as unfunny\u200d and overrated. Trump&#8217;s criticism was specifically targeted at Maher&#8217;s performance on his show, which he characterized as struggling with ratings and having a fake, loud, and obnoxious demeanor. Former \u200cPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s critique of \u2064Bill Maher highlights the ongoing tension between political\u200c figures and media personalities, which is a common feature in today&#8217;s \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-who-have-worse-finances-since-biden-was-elected-overwhelmingly-blame-democrats\/\" title=\"Americans Who Have Worse Finances Since Biden Was Elected Overwhelmingly Blame Democrats\">highly polarized political environment<\/a>. Trump&#8217;s use of his platform, Truth Social,\u200d to express these views is also indicative of his continued engagement \u200cand influence in public discourse, particularly among\u200b his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher, \u200dknown for his provocative and often \u2063controversial style on\u200b his show, &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher,&#8221; frequently discusses \u2063political issues, \u200cmaking him a target for criticism from political figures. His\u2064 approach to comedy and commentary often blends satire and candid observations, attracting both acclaim and \u200ccriticism.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s characterization of Maher \u200das\u200d &#8220;unfunny and overrated&#8221; and his comments \u200bon the\u2062 alleged struggling ratings of Maher\u2019s show can be seen as part of a broader strategy\u200c to discredit media figures who he perceives as critical of\u200d him or his policies. This tactic resonates with a segment of Trump&#8217;s base \u2063who are distrustful of mainstream media and entertainment figures.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange underscores the role of media and entertainment in\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-mocks-james-carville-after-criticism-of-preachy-female-democrats\/\" title=\"AOC jests at James Carville over critique of \u2018preachy female\u2019 Democrats\">shaping \u2062political narratives<\/a> and the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a> by \u2062political leaders to directly\u200c communicate their perspectives to \u2063the public. This dynamic continues to influence public opinion and contributes to the broader discourse surrounding media bias and freedom of\u200d expression in political contexts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> criticized late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Bill-Maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Maher<\/a> in a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, calling him unfunny and overrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill Maher, the highly overrated \u201cStar\u201d of the ratings challenged show with the Fake, Loud and Obnoxious laughter pouring out of your set every few seconds, even when nothing was said that was funny (which is most of the time!), suffers from a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, sometimes referred to as TDS,\u201d Trump posted.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> should stop using him as a reference point, his show is dead!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The swipe comes after Maher\u2019s Friday night program discussed the viral videos of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, which many on the left have claimed are \u201ccheap fakes.\u201d One video showed Biden going to sit down before others at a D-Day anniversary in France, which online users shorted to make it seem like he was sitting where there wasn\u2019t a chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the first one. It\u2019s D-Day. There he is. He goes to sit down. I used to do this in church \u2014 is everybody sitting? Oh, no?&#8217;\u201d Maher quipped. \u201cSo they said he was pooping his pants. I mean, he may be No. 2 in the polls, but he wasn\u2019t pooping his pants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maher discussed other clips as well, including one instance where a video was edited to make it seem like Biden was confused and looking in the wrong direction while attending a skydiving experience. In reality, the people he was going to speak to were cut out of the frame. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> have to find a way to communicate, I think, that this guy is mentally there,\u201d Maher said. \u201cHow do you communicate to the American public, \u2018Okay, he\u2019s old, but he has never lost his mind.\u2019 Can we agree on that? He\u2019s still got his marbles. It can still do the job. He just can\u2019t run for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump slammed Bill Maher on Truth Social, labeling him &#8220;unfunny&#8221; and &#8220;overrated.&#8221; Trump attacked Maher&#8217;s show for its struggling ratings and what he described as incessant, fake laughter, even during silent moments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2970,"featured_media":2281783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23261615416996-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,32100,3634,32101,32076],"class_list":["post-2281782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-bill-maher","tag-trump","tag-viral-clips","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23261615416996-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2970"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}