During Friday night’s monologue on HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher took direct aim at those comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, warning that such comparisons dangerously fuel political violence — including justification for assassination.
Referencing the recent murder of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Maher criticized both political rhetoric and the hypocritical outrage surrounding it. He quoted Trump’s response to the tragedy, highlighting the irony: “He said violence and murder are tragic consequences of demonizing those you disagree with… and that goes double for dogs, fat pigs, and terrible persons.”
Maher continued, sarcastically noting, “They asked the President, what are you going to do to bring the country together, and he said, I know this is going to get me in trouble, but I could care less… Let the healing stop.”
The HBO host turned serious as he addressed the trend of activists and protesters labeling Trump as “the Hitler of our time.”
“First of all, assholes, he’s not Hitler. An insult to everybody in the Holocaust to begin with,” Maher declared. “Second of all, calling somebody Hitler makes it a lot easier to justify things like assassinations. Let’s put a shitload of that away, shall we?”
Maher, often a critic of Trump, made clear he opposes overblown rhetoric from both sides. He emphasized that dangerous language, whether from Trump himself or his critics, is helping escalate political tensions into violence.
Later in the program, Maher added that the official motive behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination is still not confirmed.
