Bill Maher Calls Fox News’ Influence on Trump ‘Scary’: The Country’s Being Run by Steve Doocy!

Bill Maher expressed some alarm tonight at how much influence Fox News had on President Trump.

As he talked about Republicans potentially going down the road of trashing Robert Mueller, Maher said, “It’s scary how much Trump takes his cues from Fox News.”

“Putin has state TV,” Maher said, “but Putin’s not an idiot. So state TV does what Putin wants. I think it’s the other way in this country! America’s being run by Steve Doocy!”

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes noted a comment someone made about how Trump’s decision today on the spending bill could very well have come down to how Fox & Friends covered it. And, well, Trump does watch Fox & Friends a lot (and has live-tweeted them more than once).

Maher also noted how the President is bringing on people he’s seen on TV that he likes, from Larry Kudlow to Joe diGenova. And of diGenova, Maher was a little stunned at how the President just went ahead and brought on a lawyer who may very well be arguing conspiracies to Robert Mueller.

Watch above, via HBO.

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