Bill Maher isn’t usually one to throw compliments Donald Trump’s way—but this week, even he couldn’t resist applauding the former president’s savvy play at winning over single-issue voters. SIGN UP FOR DECIDER DIGEST FOR NEWS AND STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS On a recent episode of Real Time,

Maher predicted an attempted power grab during the first Trump administration and has frequently cited the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection as evidence ever since. He noted Friday that he’s used the phrase “slow-moving coup” since Trump was first elected in 2016.

Bill Maher warned that President Donald Trump is “slow-moving” a coup that will go “a lot smoother than the last one.” Maher—joined by journalist Frank Bruni, neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, and conservative activist Christopher Rufo—ripped into liberals for being too sensitive on the Friday broadcast of Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO.

HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher delivered a monologue arguing that President Donald Trump connects with the "common man," while Democrats focus on abstract themes like equity and "saving the soul of America.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher pushed back against claims President Trump is "Putin's bi--h" after he met with the Russian president in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.