Donald Trump Calls Bill Maher a ‘Befuddled Mess,’ Slams ‘Bimbo’ Stephanie Ruhle After MSNBC Host’s Appearance on ‘Real Time’

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Andrés Buenahora editor Former President Donald Trump wrote a lengthy post Saturday on his social media platform, Truth Social, calling out “Real Time” host Bill Maher and his Sept.

20 episode guests, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. On the late-night talk show Friday night, Maher, Ruhle and Stephens discussed the former president’s recent claim that if he doesn’t win the 2024 election, “the Jewish people would have a lot to do” with it. (Trump was speaking at an event Thursday in Washington, D.C., called “Fighting Antisemitism in America.”) “Whenever the autocrat starts blaming the Jews I think it’s a great sign because when has that ever turned out badly,” Maher quipped.

Stephens, meanwhile, described Trump as “a really scary guy” and “antisemitic adjacent,” suggesting that “democracy is at risk whenever antisemitism rears its head.” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social, “The ratings challenged Bill Maher, on his increasingly boring show on HBO, is really having a hard time coping with TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.

He is a befuddled mess, sloppy and tired, and every conversation, with B and C list guests, seems to start with, or revert back to, ME!” On “Real Time With Bill Maher,” Stephens said he would not vote for Trump, but also hasn’t committed to Vice President Kamala Harris either because her political positions are still unclear to him. “Kamala Harris is not running for perfect.