‘We’re Americans!’ Bill Maher Lashes Out At Trump Over Putting Demands On Wildfire Relief

Comic and political pundit Bill Maher lashed out at President Donald Trump for placing conditions on federal aid for wildfire relief, exclaiming “You’re not giving us anything! We’re Americans!”

On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Jesse Eisenberg, — the star who played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network and writer-director of the film A Real Pain — was the interview guest.

Progressive congressman Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and superstar ESPN host Stephen A. Smith were the panel guests.

To kick off the show, Maher devoted a good portion of his monologue to Trump’s first week in office, including his trip to California and his demands:

I know it’s been a tough time here for us Angelinos, right? I mean, last week, a lot of people lost their homes to the fire. This week, a lot of people lost their gardeners to ICE, you know.

And we’re not out of the woods yet with the fires. Right. They came up again. Some of them came up so quickly, the mayor barely had time to book a trip.

Also in the news this week, Donald Trump is president again and he’s only 13% contained.

He’s here in L.A. today. He’s touring during the fire zone. He saw all the pink flame retardant. He said, I had no idea this place was that gay.

Wow. He’s — He’s quite an expert on what we should do here about the fires. He. He said, I don’t think we should give California anything, aid he’s talking about– until they let the water flow down.

Okay, first of all, you’re not that– I said I wasn’t going to lose it this year, but–.

You’re not giving us anything! We’re Americans!

(APPLAUSE).

Thank you.

This isn’t a casino when you’re comping a room. Okay.

And he’s obsessed as he gets obsessed with things like windmills. He’s obsessed with this small fish called the smelt. Now, there is a story about this, and it’s too complicated to go into. But, you know, it’s a fish. We change the laws, environmental, whatever. He said “No wonder it’s endangered. It’s not getting any water.”.

Okay? No, Don. The fish has the water because we took down the irrigation dams in order to, fuck it just do your dance and get out.

Watch above via HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.