Bill Maher tore into President Donald Trump for doubtlessly accepting a $400 million jet from Qatar, noting that the meant Air Drive One alternative can be his fourth airplane — whereas children may nonetheless get fewer toys on account of his expensive tariffs coverage.
Trump launched steep levies last month on all U.S. imports, portray the coverage as a simply campaign to revive American manufacturing. He just lately dismissed associated financial considerations saying children will simply should make due with fewer dolls in the future.
“Trump says he is not going to be utilizing [the plane] when he leaves workplace, and folks don’t imagine that,” Maher said Friday during his opening “Real Time” monologue. “Not the ‘utilizing it’ half — the ‘leaving workplace’ half. However, OK, so Trump now has 4 planes.”
“He’s bought the 2 Air Drive Ones that the federal government supplies,” Maher continued. “Then he’s bought his personal airplane. Now he’s bought this one. 4 planes, but all people else, nonetheless solely three dolls and 10 pencils.”
Trump has mentioned the airplane can be a present to the Division of Protection, and a supply briefed on the matter instructed Reuters that it would ultimately be donated to Trump’s presidential library after he leaves workplace. The luxurious jet can be some of the beneficial presents ever obtained by the U.S. authorities, and has raised bipartisan concern.
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Maher speculated on how the appropriate would react if the identical state of affairs occurred with former President Barack Obama. The Democrat was famously excoriated by Republican critics in 2014 for merely wearing a tan suit to a press conference throughout his second administration.
“They gave [Trump] a $400 million airplane, which he accepted,” mentioned Maher. “Now, this must be the last word ‘If Obama did it,’ I feel. As a result of if Obama did it, Fox News can be endlessly calling it ‘Allah Drive One.’ So I feel I’ll name it that — ‘Allah Drive One.’”
Maher has been a longtime Trump critic, however accepted a dinner invitation with the president earlier this yr. The comic and political pundit returned to his HBO present the next week — and called Trump “gracious and measured” to substantial backlash from critics.
