Bonus Bill – Ep. #440

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Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series, Real Time with Bill Maher.

Thank you very much.

How you doing?

Thank you.

Okay, look at this.

It's not the size of the crowd, it's the enthusiasm that they have.

And I appreciate that because America had another

fucked up week.

Right?

Puerto Rico, Las Vegas.

You know it's bad when you only have to say the names of the places and we know what we're talking about.

Fortunately, we have a president with an uncanny ability to say just the right thing at moments of tragedy.

Did you see what this moron...

Oh, and by the way, moron?

Did you hear Rex Tillerson?

His Secretary of State called him a moron.

What a hand for Rex Tillerson.

So Rex Tillerson calls his boss the president, a fucking moron, not to his face.

Trump hears about it, gets mad, makes Rex Tillerson hold a press conference to deny he called him a moron, something a moron would do.

And Rex Tillerson gets out there, has the press conferences, and basically says, I remain loyal to the fucking moron.

I mean, you can't make this shit up.

Anyway, finally, the moron went to Puerto Rico

this week.

Imagine having to deal with a historic category five disaster.

And the hurricane was bad, too.

And then he tells them, you've thrown our budget out of whack.

Yes, because that's how presidents handle disasters.

They tell people, remember Bush after 9-11, he got on the rubble with the bullhorn, this is going to be pricey.

He talked to one survivor for a minute minute and then at the end said, have a good time.

Have a good time?

He talks to disaster survivors like they popped into a wedding at Mar-a-Lago.

Loving the hurricane.

Tried the fudge cake.

Have a good time.

And then the

ties de resistance, he launches paper towels.

There it is, look at that.

Into the crowd.

Like it's some sort of celebrity public appearance event.

One woman held up her hungry baby and he signed it.

So, to recap, the message from President Salt in the Wound

to the people of Puerto Rico is: this is costing us a lot of money.

It's not as bad as other disasters.

I'm doing great.

Quit your bitching, have some paper towels.

Trump out.

Thank you.

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