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SocialDemocrat61

(7,686 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:30 AM Mar 22

Maher shrugs off Trump's Pearl Harbor joke: 'You'd laugh' if a comedian said it [View all]

Maher shrugs off Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke: ‘You’d laugh’ if a comedian said it
by Steff Danielle Thomas

Comedian Bill Maher on Friday brushed off President Trump’s ribbing of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about Pearl Harbor amid the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran.

“He was in the Oval Office yesterday with the prime minister of Japan … and he was talking about our strike in Iran,” Maher said on his “Real Time” show. “And he said, ‘We didn’t tell anybody because we wanted it to be a surprise. Who knows better about a surprise attack than Japan?’

“I mean, is it? Is it right to say that? No. But if Shane Gillis said it, you’d laugh,” he added, referring to the stand-up comedian.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5794573-maher-trump-japan-pearl-harbor-iran-war-gold-coin/

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Maher shrugs off Trump's Pearl Harbor joke: 'You'd laugh' if a comedian said it [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Mar 22 OP

He is the President Henry203 Mar 22 #1

Fetterman writing Maher's gags now? Ponietz Mar 22 #2

Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Mar 22 #3

It's funny how he's not demanding everyone who turned everything Bill Clinton did into a -gate scandal apologize ck4829 Mar 22 #4

Don't worry, he'll come around Red Mountain Mar 22 #6

Yes, I'd laugh, with unease, and it would morph into a groan because bucolic_frolic Mar 22 #5

I *wouldn't* laugh if a comedian said it, but the real point is that the President of the US said it Ocelot II Mar 22 #7

Zelensky understands elected leadership role, Trump does not delisen Mar 22 #8

Not sure one could call that "reality show" entertainment, since krasnov niyad Mar 22 #10

First of all, bill, you fucking scum, the orange creature does NOT "joke", niyad Mar 22 #9

I've seen DU forgive a lot of Maher's bullshit for exactly that reason Orrex Mar 22 #11

Bill Maher fans are like a variation on the vegan joke Prairie Gates Mar 22 #15

Double rec'd it. marble falls Mar 22 #17

Damn! SocialDemocrat61 Mar 22 #19

I was a big fan 20 years ago Cosmocat Mar 23 #21

Forgive me dweller Mar 22 #12

I see his point. Midnight Writer Mar 22 #13

Who cares about anything this idiot says? LetMyPeopleVote Mar 22 #14

Unfortunately some still do SocialDemocrat61 Mar 23 #20

Maher's sooo out of touch. Not a gram of couth in his whole body. He's just Dennis Miller lite. marble falls Mar 22 #16

I'd say Shane... lame54 Mar 22 #18

Maher is repulsive on every level. nt City Lights Mar 23 #22