“Gutfeld!” ” host Greg Gutfeld and “Real Time” host Bill Maher got into a combative exchange about former President Trump, particularly over whether the presumptive Republican nominee would concede the next election if he loses.
Maher agreed with the thesis of Gutfeld’s opening monologue Monday about the importance of conversations with those on the other side and stressed that while he and Gutfeld “agree on some things,” they are not not “exactly aligned with the most important thing.”
“Trump is someone who doesn’t concede elections. That’s the most important thing,” Maher said on “Gutfeld!” on Fox News. “You don’t seem to see it that way. This is the most important thing happening in this country. He didn’t concede the last election. He’s not going to concede this election.”
“You do not know it!” Gutfeld intervened. “You can’t see the future, Bill.”
“Yes, I did,” Maher retorted. “Because I was the only one talking about it at the time. And everyone was like, ‘Oh, you’re smoking too much weed.’ It turned out that I had smoked just the right amount.”
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld and “Real Time” host Bill Maher clash over former President Trump on “Gutfeld!” (Fox News Channel)
Maher was referring to his outspoken prediction that then-President Trump would refuse to leave office voluntarily, long before Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election.
“Can you really imagine this guy saying, ‘You know what, I lost. That’s it,'” Maher asked.
“He did it, he left!” Gutfeld responded.
“He left because he had to leave,” Maher added.
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“Yeah, but that’s how it works,” Gutfeld said. “Do you think he’s going to board the White House and do a ‘Straw Dogs’ with Dustin Hoffman?”
“Well, last time he thought other Republicans would support him,” Maher responded. “When he called this guy in Georgia and told him I need 11,000 votes, I want you to find-”
“He said ‘find,’ he didn’t say ‘create,'” Gutfeld emphasized.
“Well, it’s the same thing,” Maher replied, to which Gutfeld replied, “No, it’s not.”
Maher argued to Gutfeld that Trump would not concede the 2024 election if he were defeated. (Fox News Channel)
Maher, who comes out with his new book “What this comedian said will shock you“, later told Gutfeld that it “bothers” him that Trump appears to be winning the 2024 election because “he’s an insurrectionist who doesn’t believe in democracy” and “he’s also crazy and a criminal.”
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The liberal comedian, however, made a concession on Trump’s youth compared to President Biden after Gutfeld showed a clip of Trump joking with the crowd at a recent campaign event.
“But I have to say what works for him, like when you use the clip that you just showed. I mean, look, he’s almost the same age as Biden. But Biden comes off as old. Ancient. That doesn’t doesn’t look old. He doesn’t present himself as old,” Maher said. “He’s like (the rock band) KISS. He puts on the wig and the makeup, and it’s 1976 all over again.”
Maher admitted that former President Trump “doesn’t come across as old” in comparison to President Biden, although they are only four years apart. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The HBO host concluded his comments by saying that while he and Gutfeld “can’t pretend these disagreements aren’t deep,” “we can also be friends.”
“I can’t hate you. I I’ve said it a billion times. You can hate Trump, you can’t hate all the people who love him. That’s half the country,” Maher said. “I’m certainly not blind to Donald Trump’s fault. I understand why people choose to vote for him. You know, someone conservative once said to me, “What you liberals don’t understand Trump is that we don’t like him either.” We simply see it as a bulwark against the nonsense of the left. And I understand that because there’s a lot of nonsense on the left and that’s in my book too.”
