Bill Maher Returns to Form, Smugly Blasts Trump's First 100 Days As 'a S***show'

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Human beings have a natural tendency -- whether we're talking about political figures, news reporters and political commentators, or everyday people -- to revert to form. That includes me, you, and in this case, HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher. 

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Our tale begins with Maher's recent dinner in the White House with President Donald Trump. Many on the left tattooed Maher for agreeing to meet with Trump, which was arranged by their mutual friend, Kid Rock. 

You might remember how Maher, whose loathing of Trump is legendary, praised the president after they got together as "gracious and measured, adding:

Just for starters, he laughs. I’ve never seen him laugh in public, but he does, including to himself, and it’s not fake, believe me. As a comedian of 40 years, I know a fake laugh when I hear it.

Maher was heralded by some on our side for his kind comments about the president, but -- and I gotta be honest, here -- I'm amused when I read or listen to people on our side laud Maher (or Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman, another example) every time he criticizes the Democrat Party or says something positive about Trump, as if he's on the verge of switching parties. It's tantamount to celebrating or cursing the weather in many areas of the country (including where I live); don't get too excited or frustrated by the weather because it will soon change.


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Anyway, that "revert to form" thing? Yeah. 

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As reported in an article posted to The Free Post on Wednesday, Maher predictably reverted to form, this time criticizing Trump's first 100 days of his second term.

And by "criticizing," I meant Bill went full metal jacket Maher as he blasted Trump.

In a word, [it was a] s*** show. I said after he won the election, I’m not going to pre-hate anything. But after 100 days, there are probably 100 things to legitimately hate, starting with disappearing people, the inefficiency of DOGE, ignoring the Supreme Court, [and] killing people overseas with drastic aid cuts.

I mean, I could just keep going. And I want to emphasize: None of my disapproval for any of this comes from reflexive Republican opposition. On all these issues, it’s just objectively bad. And they know that, too.

"Objectively." An interesting word for the left to use. In fact, it's an interesting word for most people to use. 

I'll go out on a safe limb and wager that many if not most Republicans aren't as objective as they profess, either, but as I recently told my significant other, while some on our side might also be hypocritical, we tend to get more things right than wrong, and avoid the left's bald-faced lying and making stuff up out of thin air. 

The Free Press article also included the thoughts of author and conservative commentator Victor Davis Hanson on Trump's first 100 days.

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No prior modern Republican president has sought to launch a counterrevolution aimed at reversing the economic, political, cultural, social, and military progressive trajectory of the modern era.

Trump has done just that -- and in his first 100 days -- in a comprehensive fashion that perhaps surpasses the ambitious agendas of even the first three months of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal or Ronald Reagan’s efforts to unleash the American free market and win the Cold War.

The counterrevolution is only beginning. Its denouement will not be known for months.

VDH was right. The denouement -- the final part of a play, movie, or narrative -- of Trump's presidency will not be known for months, or perhaps several years, and as such, it is presently unknowable.

But I'll go out on the same safe limb I referenced earlier, and bet that the final outcome -- legacy, if you will -- of Donald Trump's presidency will be a lot closer to the perception of Victor Davis Hanson than that of Bill Maher. Let's hope so.

Editor's Note: President Trump is leading America into the "Golden Age" as Democrats try desperately to stop it.  

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