“Real-time” host Bill Maher He called Elon Musk and Doge on Friday night because he didn’t take a chainsaw to cut a lot of cuts in military spending, thus ending his show.
The clip of Maher playing the president first Donald TrumpHe suggested last month that his administration discovered “ten billions of dollars in fraud and abuse” in the military and tied the comments with the announcement of the Defense Department this week Cut by $580 million Starting with the $900 billion budget, it’s far below Trump’s figures.
“When they talk about shrinking the government, I said, ‘Yes, it’s great, but if they pursue the biggest inflation: outdated weapons program, the acid test will be.” The HBO host then quoted last November’s X post from Musk’s X post when he said, “Please, let’s stop the worst military value in history in the name of holiness, which is the F-35 program.”
“It happens to be your X element,” Maher quipped.
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“Real-time” host Bill Maher brought a “chain saw” to Elon Musk and wore a “chain saw” because he did not pursue U.S. defense spending. (Screen shot/HBO)
“But today, Trump announced that we are building a new fighter, the F-47… So in the age of drones, fighters are outdated,” Maher stabbed the tech billionaire. He added: “Because I think you’re intentionally avoiding elephants in the room. Meeting with the new boss, like the old boss, a two trillion dollar waste, you initially said can cut. Yes, yes, you won’t get there by firing the postman and telling you that you don’t lean on the railroad in the Grand Canyon.”
The HBO host has announced Doge’s “$35 billion” in savings so far, but has left the “fattest target” in the Pentagon’s Potomac.
He then cites $6.8 trillion in the 2024 federal budget and shows a pie chart showing defense spending accounts for 47% of the $1.8 trillion disposable spending, with a single number accounting for other sectors.
“Do you mean that this half is just a penny of waste?” Mach pointed out 47%. “I may not know how to code like Elon’s Nerd Brigade, but I can read a f — Ing pie chart.”
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President Trump has previously suggested that “ten billions” of “fraud and abuse” could be cut from military spending. (via AP pool)
“It’s amazing. The right and left of this country despise each other, but they do agree with two things. First, be aware of the Jews because they are always able to master certain things,” Maher quipped. “There are two more, the defense budget is always as perfect as the Virgin Mary. In fact, it’s always OK if it gets bigger. It’s like a fat Virgin Mary.”
Maher went on to show that U.S. defense spending is “higher than the next nine countries,” citing a 2017 Pentagon study, which he acknowledged its global base than the required “19%”.
“Is it ‘effective’ to close 750 bases in 80 of these countries? Do we need everyone? Mach asked. “The Air Force has 51 golf courses. There are ten Marines. There are two in Guam. there is nothing? Without vroom, what about vroom? ”
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Maher said the Pentagon was “Eisenhower warned us to get out of control in 19-f — ing-61!” (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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He also targeted the Department of Homeland Security, which he called the dictionary definition of “swelling bureaucracy” and “the Frankenstein monster born in panic after 9/11.”
“So far, the Governor has cut $50 million in the $170 billion budget. You know, every other department of the government has to tighten the belt. What about me evacuating my part at the airport?” Mah said. “It’s been over 20 years of bulls – we started doing it before we had smartphones or AI. I guess there’s a better way to keep this safe than everyone taking off their clothes in public.”
He added: “No one thinks you need to take pictures to fly from Tulsa to Spokane. It’s no longer 9/11. It’s 2025. I’m not afraid of hijackers. I’m afraid of planes.”
