ALBAWABA - Bill Maher urged Americans not to let Trump overshadow celebrations.
Before the country's 250th birthday, Bill Maher urged viewers not to let President Donald Trump depress them, claiming that no political party "owns being psyched about the country."
During his "New Rule" segment on Friday's "Real Time With Bill Maher," the comedian expressed his outrage at people who are boycotting July 4th because Trump is president.
“Everybody has to start getting a little more excited for America’s birthday,” Maher said. "Come on. Our big 250 is coming up. It’s on July 4th for the kids in our public school. And that's a significant problem, in my opinion.
He continued, "The problem is there's kind of a stink on it because you know who is president right now. He will undoubtedly make the anniversary about himself, as the left half of the nation fears.
As Maher went on, he noted that the real issue was whether or not U.S. citizens “will help him do it.”
“We shouldn’t. America is the subject of the discussion. He is not an American. He is America's temporary guardian. "America's worker," Maher remarked. “And the message should be that America isn’t actually his and that no one’s side gets to own being psyched about the country. So, I’m not down with this attitude of, ‘Well, we’re having a party, but if Trump’s going, I’m not.’”
Maher ribbed that this mindset was “so high school” it should “be in the Epstein files.”
“Go to the party. It's a grand celebration. Maher joked, "You probably won't run into him." “This country is 3.8 million square miles, and that’s without Greenland.”
He continued: “Look, I’m not saying Trump doesn’t want to muddy the distinction between himself and the country. He is as certain as s-t. Wannabe authoritarians act in this way. They attempt to obfuscate the distinction. Avoid being an accomplice.
However, Maher said that there was still much to be happy about, reminding viewers that Trump's ambition to "act like a king" has been thwarted several times in the past ten years.
“America may right now be the country Donald Trump is president of, but America is also everything that keeps Trump from being the king he wishes he were,” Maher noted. “So, this Fourth of July, let’s celebrate the genius American idea of checks and balances, which, yes, is threatened and, yes, is taking on water but is still afloat.”
