Bill Maher Walks Comedy Tightrope With Pair of 9/11 Jokes on 25th Anniversary
Still, the "Real Time" host's opening digs against President Trump's D.C. ceremony land with his studio audience The post Bill Maher Walks Comedy Tightrope With Pair of 9/11 Jokes on 25th Anniversary appeared first on TheWrap .
Bill Maher delivered a monologue on "Real Time" on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, joking about President Donald Trump's absence from the official Ground Zero ceremony in New York while attending a Pentagon observance ceremony where he claimed Canada was the culprit. The audience reacted with laughter to the unexpected punchline, and Maher continued to mock Trump's trade war with Canada.
The monologue also touched on Trump's promise to give Americans $5,000 during the midterm elections, which Maher viewed as a "scatter-shot approach" to addressing the country's economic issues.
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