Bill Maher rants at Trump, 'I’m not f***ing booked on Fox News' — gets immediately booked on Fox News



HBO's Bill Maher said he will soon be making his Fox News debut in an upcoming interview with Tucker Carlson, and he probably has former President Donald Trump to thank for it.

Maher told comedian and podcast host Howie Mandel that he "made clear I'd love to come on with Hannity or Carlson," but that it wasn't until he and Trump engaged in a spat on Twitter that he was actually booked on the right-leaning network.

“Last weekend, Trump was going after me in his rallies. He got a big bug up his a** about something I said on my show a week ago about [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis being a better president," Maher told Mandel.

"He called me a radical left-wing maniac, which is not true. And he said ... ‘he’s always laughing at Fox News.’ Okay, true. I am doing that. And then he said, ‘and Fox News kisses my a**, which isn’t pretty.' So I tweeted about that," Maher added.

\u201c1/2 Donald Trump says Fox News is "Kissing the ass of the enemy" by booking me. He must have been "accidentally" watching Real Time again. I know of no booking I have on Fox, but I've made clear I'd love to come on with Hannity or Carlson, but they back out when I balk at...\u201d
— Bill Maher (@Bill Maher) 1655685484
\u201c2/2 ... "only talking about the things we agree on."\u201d
— Bill Maher (@Bill Maher) 1655685300

“[Trump] said, ‘he’s booked on Fox News.’ Well, I wasn’t booked on Fox News. He just made that up. I know, it’s so unlike Donald Trump to just make something up,” Maher joked.

"So I wanted it out there that, no, I’m not f***ing booked on Fox News, but I wanna be. I’ve tried to be. And now, because of that and because I tweeted about it, now I am booked on Fox News. Now we are negotiating and I’m gonna do Tucker Carlson."

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure this is @billmaher making a huge announcement https://t.co/ryzcDwT1I3\u201d
— Howie Mandel (@Howie Mandel) 1656542218

"There's a reason why Fox News puts me on their website and that's what drives Trump crazy," Maher went on to say. "Because I'm not afraid to go after the left when they're wrong, and they're wrong a lot these days, but I have perspective about who's more crazy."

Maher said no date is currently set but that he "can't wait" for the upcoming interview with Carlson.



Trump backs Biden into a corner on Green New Deal and the far left is gnashing its teeth over what he said



President Donald Trump backed Democratic competitor Joe Biden into a corner about the Green New Deal, and the far left were angered over what he said Tuesday night during the first presidential debate.

The president hammered Biden over climate change by repeating estimates about the Green New Deal costing upward of $100 trillion dollars. Biden claimed that the controversial Green New Deal would pay for itself, then said that he didn't support it, and then said that he had his own version of it during the debate.

"The Green New Deal will pay for itself as we move forward," Biden said. "We're not gonna build plants that are, in fact, great polluting..."

"Do you support the Green New Deal?" interrupted moderator Chris Wallace.

"No, I don't support the Green New Deal," Biden said.

"Oh you don't? Well, that's a big statement!" Trump said. "That means you just lost the radical left! Gone!"

"I support the Biden plan that I put forward. The Biden plan, which is different than what he calls the radical Green New Deal," Biden said.

Some on the far left were aggravated by Biden's comments on the Green New Deal and they took to social media to express their frustration.

"Oh good I was worried that the left wouldn't get trashed any more in the debate but just in time, let's all shred the green new deal! Giving young voters and progressives lots of reasons to vote," liberal host Krystal Ball tweeted.

Oh good I was worried that the left wouldn't get trashed any more in the debate but just in time, let's all shred t… https://t.co/V8cJNzDkzv
— Krystal Ball (@Krystal Ball)1601432895.0

Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins used the opportunity to strike at Biden from the left.

Biden makes clear that he does not support the Green New Deal. The fossil fuel companies will continue to have a fr… https://t.co/R0jXqWDLmG
— Howie Hawkins (@Howie Hawkins)1601432995.0

"Biden makes clear that he does not support the Green New Deal," said Hawkins. "The fossil fuel companies will continue to have a friend in the White House."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was also angered that the president was using a cost figure for the Green New Deal she disagreed with.

"When Republicans talk about the Green New Deal being $100 trillion dollars, please know they're doing that Dr. Evil thing where they shout random, escalating numbers to sound ominous," said Ocasio-Cortez, who offered a link to an alternative view.

Others on social media pointed out that Biden's vice presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), was a co-sponsor on the Green New Deal.

Here's the video of the exchange about the Green New Deal:

Biden: 'I don't support the green new deal'www.youtube.com