On Friday's broadcast of HBO's “Real Time,” host Bill Maher discussed some of the cabinet appointments announced by President-elect Donald Trump, criticizing some of them, but saying, “The people are not talking about the chaos. “It's not completely wrong,” he said. ”
Maher said, “What voters are saying is that Trump[‘s]in the first period, he was elected as the Destroyer, but the Deep State stopped him. [be]The destroyer, he was Gulliver, and he was bound by the Lilliputians. He wanted to do it, he wanted to do it, but they wouldn't let him. Well, now the chains are off, because he has a minister, who doesn't know who is who or what. ”
Maher then specifically mentioned South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R)'s selection to lead DHS operations and Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, but noted that Hegseth's selection of “Iraq and Afghanistan” I was working at '', he said. He went to Princeton University and Harvard University. he said a few things. …But look, people are talking about confusion, and as you say, they're not completely wrong. This country is like a compressed colon, okay. It needs—it needs something. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The big buzz about her was that she might be a Russian spy, and now she's in charge of our secrets. That's an interesting choice. I don't think she's a Russian spy. …Lee Zeldin…he's going to be the EPA administrator. For context, his organization is called “f*ck the whales.” ”
Maher also acknowledged that Hegseth could be a good person to run the Pentagon as an outsider, noting that Matt Gaetz was chosen as attorney general to protect Trump. , said that he was not a powerful person.
Later in the show, Maher said that while there are no cabinet nominees who can stop Trump from implementing his wild ideas, he has no problem bringing in outsiders.
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