HBO host Bill Maher doesn’t believe it was the hand of God that saved former President Donald Trump from being shot by an assassin last week, and thinks those who do are trying to make Mr. Trump a “demigod.”
In his final monologue on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the host mocked Trump supporters who claim that the assassination of former President Trump was thwarted by an act of God, telling them to open their eyes and stop their “magical thinking.”
“Enough with interpreting everything as DM. [direct message] “I come from heaven,” Maher said, before chiding religious Trump supporters on his show.
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HBO host Bill Maher slammed Trump supporters who claim the former president was saved from assassination by God. (Screenshot/HBO, Getty Images)
Maher began his segment by condemning the assassination attempt, just as he did shortly after the tragic incident. “You should be as outraged by this as you would be if your candidate was shot,” he told HBO viewers on Friday.
He also slammed the US Secret Service for its apparent failure to prevent the incident, saying: “They should also be angry at the Secret Service for letting a kid with a sniper rifle and rangefinder go through a metal detector. What? The TSA once tackled me over a bottle of Vicine.”
But later in the show, Maher slammed the way some of Trump’s most ardent supporters described the attempted murder of Trump.
The segment, titled “We Lust for God,” began with the host saying, “Ever since the bullets aimed at Donald Trump missed last Saturday, Republicans have indulged in magical thinking like, ‘Trump is wearing the armor of God.'”
He cited various conservatives and Trump supporters who said God had protected the former president, including Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who was the victim of an assassination attempt. 2017.
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Secret Service agents guarded former President Trump after the assassination attempt last Saturday. (Zach Scherer)
Maher read Scalise’s post about the Trump shooting, which read, “A miracle happened yesterday. And I think God’s hand was in it too.” The host then joked about how God handled Scalise’s shooting compared to how God handled Trump’s shooting: “Steve got shot, too, but God was in a bad mood. And the bullet missed his ear and hit his spleen.”
He warned his supporters not to attach religious connotations to Trump, adding: “America doesn’t need demigods. Many cultures have tried that, from the pharaohs to Julius Caesar to Hirohito – beings who are earthly and divine and godlike at the same time. But it never works.”
Elsewhere in the show, he railed against religious people who claim to see signs of God in everything, even mundane inanimate objects.
“There’s a type of person in this world who loves to see signs in everything and never asks why. If God wants to tell us something, he doesn’t just say it. He is God. Why does he show up on flapjacks, frying pans and Walmart receipts?”
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