{"id":2528102,"date":"2026-01-01T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-and-john-stamos-agree-people-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-are-the-problem\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T21:47:45","slug":"bill-maher-and-john-stamos-agree-people-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-are-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-and-john-stamos-agree-people-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-are-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher and John Stamos Agree: People with Trump Derangement Syndrome Are the Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbill-maher-and-john-stamos-agree-people-with-trump-derangement-syndrome-are-the-problem%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=2528102&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>On a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-accuses-president-trump-of-using-irresponsible-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz accuses ... of using \u2018irresponsible rhetoric\u2019\">recent episode<\/a> of Bill Maher&#8217;s Club Random podcast, Maher told guest John Stamos that &#8220;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8221; has dominated national conversation for over a decade and said he can&#8217;t be around people whose first impulse is constant anti\u2011Trump fixation. Stamos, who describes himself as liberal but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">drew criticism<\/a> for emceeing a charity event at Mar\u2011a\u2011Lago, pushed back that Maher doesn&#8217;t have the answer. Maher said he&#8217;s tried engaging rather than just attacking, noting a dinner he had with Donald Trump (arranged by Kid Rock and attended by Dana White) and describing Trump as more self\u2011aware in private than his public persona suggests. Maher also said he agrees with several Trump policies &#8211; moving the U.S.embassy to Jerusalem, border security, support for police, reining in DEI, and keeping men out of women&#8217;s sports &#8211; and characterized himself as representing a centrist-minded approach that favors less political hatred. The conversation and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >related social media reactions stirred debate<\/a> and online backlash.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher and John Stamos both offered a message for those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome: Let it go.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/bill-maher-sends-blunt-message-145545907.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday&rsquo;s<\/a> episode of Maher&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4vRsybiI3Tk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Club Random&rdquo; podcast<\/a>, the host told Stamos, &ldquo;It is a phenomenon that we have never seen before that one person would dominate just the national debate &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;Full House&rdquo; star interjected, &ldquo;Every conversation, every dinner, every f***ing thing &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For over a decade,&rdquo; Maher continued. &ldquo;You know, and I do think you have to fight that. Like I say, if that&rsquo;s your whole personality, if the first thing out of your mouth is, &lsquo;What are we going to do about Donald Trump?&rsquo; I just can&rsquo;t. I can&rsquo;t!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, yeah, yeah,&rdquo; responded Stamos, who is liberal in his politics. Nonetheless, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/actor-john-stamos-fires-back-critics-slamming-appearing-mar-lago-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received blowback<\/a> for emceeing a charity to benefit first responders event at Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago estate last spring.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, you don&rsquo;t have the answer,&rdquo; Stamos said to Maher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following posts contain language that some may find offensive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bill Maher just said the quiet part out loud&hellip;Trump Derangement Syndrome has hijacked America for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>He told John Stamos that it&rsquo;s gotten so bad that he literally cannot be around these people anymore.<\/p>\n<p>MAHER: &ldquo;It is a phenomenon that we have never seen before that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eftWxXfQhm\">pic.twitter.com\/eftWxXfQhm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Overton (@overton_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/overton_news\/status\/2005654842417496556?\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have the answer, exactly,&rdquo; Maher replied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But people think you do, I would get it,&rdquo; Stamos said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Stamos speaking at Trump&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago home this weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ci69mb81jd\">pic.twitter.com\/Ci69mb81jd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PatriotTakes &#127482;&#127480; (@patriottakes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patriottakes\/status\/1908915889480544347?\">April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t get away from these people,&rdquo; HBO&rsquo;s &ldquo;Real Time&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-finally-did-it-biden-gives-most-disjointed-answer-weve-ever-heard\/\" title=\"He Finally Did It: Biden Gives Most Disjointed Answer We&#039;ve Ever Heard\">host confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-maher-calls-liberals-angry-trump-voting-relatives-just-time-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maher<\/a>, a longtime critic of Trump, had dinner with the president in late March at the request of his friend Robert Ritchie, aka Kid Rock. Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White also joined them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vRsybiI3Tk?si=HcDVmz1FtGt23F1r&amp;start=2350\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Asked during an interview afterward if he felt Maher gained a better appreciation of Trump, Kid Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kid-rock-confirms-happened-donald-trump-met-bill-maher-blew-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News host Sean Hannity, &ldquo;100 percent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Maher himself told his &ldquo;Real Time&rdquo; audience, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the leader of anything, except maybe a contingent of centrist-minded people who think there&rsquo;s got to be a better way of running this country than hating each other every minute.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following post contains language that some may find offensive.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twelve days ago, I had dinner with President Trump, a dinner that my friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidRock?\">@KidRock<\/a> set up because we  the belief that there has to be something better than hurling insults from 3000 miles away. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KE2t2eyBkI\">pic.twitter.com\/KE2t2eyBkI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher\/status\/1910900483709096262?\">April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The comedian said of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-reveals-lofty-new-years-resolution-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s much more self-aware than he lets on in public.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had so many conversations with prominent people who are much less connected. People who don&rsquo;t look you in the eye. People who don&rsquo;t really listen because they want to get to their next thing &hellip; None of that with him,&rdquo; Maher noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He mostly steered the conversation to, &lsquo;What do you think about this?&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maher pointed out that he supports several of Trump&rsquo;s policies, including the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, securing the border, supporting police, reining in DEI, and keeping men out of women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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