Oh he’s been doing that for years. Here’s my problem with the take he expressed on the video:
1. Maher himself once said that if this whole thing by Trump is an act, he should stop it.
2. The guy we see in the rallies, videos, newscasts, etc is the one his congress follows. He’s the one for which all these ridiculous pieces of legislation are written. They’re not written for the measured guy Maher is describing
3. The guy we see is the one the SCOTUS is constantly bending the knee to as it cedes its soul vis a vis these horrid rulings for which they’ve become notorious. They’re not doing that for the measured guy Maher is describing.
4. The guy we see is the one proposing 3rd terms, tariffs on everything, tax cuts for billionaires, gutting the government, all this anti-“woke” stuff, etc. That’s not coming from the measured guy Maher is describing
5. The guy we see is the one his idiot voter base follows, not the measured guy Maher is describing.
That’s what matters. The fact that he was cool with Maher for 2 and a half hours in almost total privacy? Does not matter at all. And that’s what people hate about the guy. When Maher says “this is why the democrats are unpopular,” no, you fucking dipshit.
People from the left loathe the democrats because they’re a right-leaning corporatist lot that is constantly screwing over the working class and has been doing so slowly for the last 50 years.
People from the right loathe the democrats because they were conditioned to do so by AM shock jocks and cable news blowhards.
There are people in this country who seriously believe no more sacred duty exists in your political life than to hate the democrats, and it’s precisely because people like rush limbaugh told them to. It has absolutely nothing to do with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”