Bill Maher has compared Donald Trump to Garfield the cat, amid speculation about the former president’s ability to pay a $454 million bill for his fraud appeal next week.
The unlikely comparison was offered by the progressive during his monologue on the ‘Tiempo Real’ program on Friday, days after Trump’s lawyers stated that their client has not been able to obtain bail to guarantee payment of the sentence for civil fraud in his against.
Reviewing topics including a potential federal ban on TikTok and incidents currently affecting embattled Boeing, Maher first focused on Trump’s alleged inability to pay his $454 million fine.
The sum, he noted, is due on Monday, which led him to bring up the comic book character’s notorious dislike for that day of the week.
Comparing the cat’s fur to the former head of state’s equally orange hair, Maher showed no mercy as he tore into the figurative fat cat, whom he even went so far as to frame as – what else? – a ‘faggot’.
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Bill Maher compared Donald Trump to Garfield the cat during his opening monologue on Real Time on Friday, amid intense speculation about the former president’s ability to pay a $454 million bill for his fraud appeal next week.
The unlikely comparison, which centered on the cartoon character’s notorious dislike of Mondays, came days after Trump’s lawyers claimed their client had been unable to obtain bail to secure payment of the sentence. The fine expires, when else? – Monday
“(Trump) is in several trials, and one of them is in New York, because he exaggerated his net worth, how much this property was worth,” the 68-year-old began, first laying out the situation surrounding the fraud case to his audience. .
He continued: “There is a bond that has to pay the fine of 454 million dollars and Trump has the weekend to pay it.”
He went on to drop the now-viral Garfield bomb, saying the former commander in chief is essentially “Garfield now.”
Greeted to whoops and cheers, Maher concluded: “He’s a fat orange cunt who hates Mondays.”
Not satiated by the laughter that followed, the host proceeded to speak more freely on the subject of the second-term presidential hopeful’s appeal, which comes amid claims that New York Attorney General Letitia James chose the enormous sum to stop his career.
“This is pretty interesting stuff,” Maher said of the emerging dynamic.
‘Donald Trump, the great billionaire, the great “businessman”, could lose his businesses, his properties, his money.’
Mocking Trump’s famous wife’s reluctance to reprimand her husband for alleged misdeeds, Maher, who is not married, would go on to joke: “Today Melania was seen wearing a coat that said ‘Okay, now I care.'” .
Comparing the cat’s fur to the former head of state’s equally orange hair, Maher showed no mercy as he tore into the figurative fat cat, whom he even went so far as to frame as – what else? – a ‘faggot’
Images from inside Mar-a-Lago show stacks of boxes of classified documents in a bathroom. Maher indirectly references the scandal during Friday’s rant.
The host proceeded to address the increasingly real possibility that Trump will not produce the requested amount, citing that if he cannot pay, the state of New York will begin seizing his assets.
Referencing another recent scandal surrounding the Fed’s discovery of a trove of presidential documents illegally stored at the then-former president’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in 2022, he joked about what Trump’s reaction would be to such a seizure.
“Look, take anything, leave me my boxes of confidential documents,” Maher said, imitating the GOP favorite. “That’s all I really care about.”
Immediately after, Maher mentioned how Trump is now searching for a vice presidential running mate, sifting through a pool of candidates that includes names like Marco Rubio, JD Vance, Tim Scott and Kristi Noem.
Maher, in turn, pointed out a potential problem with being elected, perhaps pointing to Trump’s now-notorious feud with his former vice president, Mike Pence, following their disagreements over how Trump handled the election loss and the ensuing attack on the Capitol. of the United States. for which Pence was present.
“What a great job… you can lick ass and defend the indefensible for four years,” Maher said, before attacking the spectators with another punch line.
“And in the end a mob tries to hang you,” he said, again to a raucous reception.
Reviewing topics including a possible federal ban on TikTok and incidents currently affecting embattled Boeing, Maher first focused on Trump’s alleged inability to pay the huge fine.
Trump, who has previously compared himself to Elvis, has yet to respond to the cartoon comparison. The deadline, as mentioned, is Monday, at which point the true state of the Republican’s financial affairs is about to be revealed.
Trump, who has previously compared himself aesthetically to figures like Elvis, has yet to respond to the cartoon comparison.
Trump, however, has sought to counter claims that he does not have enough money to post bail, even after his lawyers wrote in a court filing on Monday that he had been unable to obtain bail.
In a Truth Social post on Friday, he challenged this, claiming he had almost half a billion dollars in cash.
With interest, the amount Trump owes exceeds $464 million, although he has maintained his innocence and maintained his desire to appeal.
If Trump does not get the sum, his image as a businessman – and former world leader – will likely suffer.
The deadline, as mentioned, is Monday. Either way, the true state of the Republican’s financial affairs is about to be revealed.