Bill Maher Mocks ‘Bats**t’ Trump Over Tariffs Tantrum: ‘He’s Such A Karen’ | EUROtoday

“Real Time” host Bill Maher applauded the Supreme Court on Friday for overturning a lot of the “emergency” tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump whereas additionally ripping Trump over his aggressive response to the ruling.

“The Supreme Court said they struck down his request to have emergency powers to impose tariffs,” mentioned Maher throughout his opening monologue. “They said ‘yes’ to pretty much everything he wanted to do, but here, they finally said, ‘You know what? Don’t fuck with the money.’ Trump took it very well.”

He continued, “I’m joking, of course. He went batshit about it … that it was a ‘disgrace’ and ‘these fucking courts.’ He’s such a Karen. I mean, everything he does, everything is always, ‘I want to speak to the manager.’ And the Supreme Court said, ‘We’re the manager.’”

The Supreme Court upheld a necessary separation of powers with the extraordinary 6-3 choice Friday, ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) doesn’t authorize the president to impose tariffs regardless of Trump invoking that very legislation to take action.

The president attacked the ruling in signature harsh style, calling the justices who dominated towards him a “disgrace to our nation” throughout a Friday press convention and reportedly ranting in non-public about “these fucking courts.”

“So after this whole year of tariffs that we’ve been going through, have you been thinking to yourself, ’Why didn’t other presidents think of doing this and not confiding in Congress when their Constitution says they have to?” Maher mentioned on Friday. “They did think of it — they thought it was illegal, so they didn’t do it.”

While the punchline prompted applause, different pundits have warned that Trump will discover different methods to impose his tariffs. He urged as a lot in November, and adopted by means of on Friday by asserting a worldwide 10% tariff — earlier than elevating it to fifteen% on Saturday.

“Now, the president says there are other ways he can get what he wants with the tariffs,” mentioned Maher. “I don’t know what they are, but if you’ve ever been to Washington, D.C., and you’ve seen that majestic Supreme Court building, it’s going to make a lovely ballroom.”

On Friday, Maher additionally introduced up the president’s obvious shock at Maher’s continued criticism of him after they privately met for dinner final 12 months.

“So he went off on me and said the dinner we had was a ‘waste of time,’” Maher mentioned. “Well, I didn’t think it was — and that I’m a ‘jerk’ and that I’m a low-ratings ‘lightweight’ and all this shit — because I never stopped criticizing him. I never said I would! I know how women feel now — a guy buys you dinner and then expects you to put out.”