Bill Maher admits he was wrong about Trump on tariffs: 'I don’t see a country in depression at all'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Comedian Bill Maher said that he was wrong regarding President Donald Trump's tariffs during a podcast posted on Monday, July 28.

Maher made the statement during his 'Club Random' podcast while explaining that he has always been truthful with his audience during a conversation with YouTube host Brian Tyler Cohen.

Bill Maher admits he was wrong about tariffs sinking the economy

Bill Maher said during the podcast, "Just to take an example, tariffs. Now I remember that I, along with probably most people, was saying at the beginning, 'Oh, you know, by the 4th of July… the economy was going to be tanked by then', and I was kind of like, 'Well, that seems right to me.'"

"But that didn’t happen. It could happen tomorrow. I’m just saying, that’s reality, so let’s work first from the reality of that, not from 'I just hate Donald Trump', because that’s boring and doesn’t get us anywhere and leads you to dishonesty," he added.

He then said, "The truth is, I don’t know what his strategy is but look, the stock market is at record highs… I also drive around. I don’t see a country in a depression at all. I see people just out there living their lives."

"I would have thought, and I’ve got to own it, that these tariffs were going to f*****g sink this economy by this time, and they didn’t. How do we deal with that fact? Because that’s the fact," Maher added.

Meanwhile, Cohen chimed in and said that the tariff saga is an example of why he stopped making bold predictions.

He said, "If I was good at predicting things, Hillary [Clinton] would have been the president in 2016."

Bill Maher previously slammed Donald Trump’s trade tactics

Interestingly, Maher's opinion wasn't the same earlier. In March, he took a jab at the POTUS over his "completely a** backwards" approach to China and said he was rooting for a recession to get him to reverse course.

He said at the time, "I just feel like he picked a fight with the wrong bully."

President Trump imposed a slew of tariffs on countries across the world since taking office, and aimed to rebalance what he calls unfair trade deals that take advantage of the United States.

In March, Bill Maher had challenged one of Trump’s central tariff arguments.

Maher asked his 'Real Time' panel back then, "I have one basic question: Why do we want to bring back manufacturing? It’s so 70s, you know? I mean, that ship has sailed. You know, there are countries that make jeans for $11. We’re never going to be that country again."

He had also mentioned, "China’s moving into the AI age, and he wants to go back to manufacturing, which, by the way, if you create new jobs, who’s going to take them? Robots. That’s who’s going to take them anyway! He acts like progress itself is woke."

Internet trolls Bill Maher

Several internet users trolled Bill Maher for admitting he was wrong regarding Donald Trump's tariffs and added that he doesn't see a country in depression.

A user wrote on X, "Tariffs haven’t even started yet," while one added, "Stock market bubbles don't reflect the true economy. What happens after the pump and dump does."

A person also stated, "Bill Maher is lying!" whereas one mentioned, "No one in his circle sees a difference…that’s what he sees."

A user also wrote, "Doesn’t feel like Maher does his own research. Whomever does, or whomever he’s listening to, needs to be replaced" while one commented, "Why does he have to 'deal with that fact'? What's to deal with? Just admit things are gong well and move on to the next topic."

Another person said, "Guess Billy doesn't look at prices in the grocery store."

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