Bill Maher and Michael Douglas react to Trump’s election victory

Bill Maher and Michael Douglas finally discuss their thoughts on the 2024 election results, in which Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris.

The Real Time with Bill Maher The host kicked off the latest show with his opening monologue, saying: “A lot of people are freaking out. You know what? I opened the window today, the sun was still shining, the birds were still singing, my gardener was packing for Mexico, that’s the thing.”

“I didn’t vote for the winner,” he continued. “We’ll see what the winners do after they win. Now they have reality to deal with. We’ll see what they do and whether they keep their word. Trump says he will deport 12 million people. How do you bring 12 million people back to Mexico? And today Trump said, ‘I’m way ahead of you. ‘Why do you think I left so many holes in the wall?'”

The comedian added: “For months Democrats have been asking themselves, ‘How can this even be close?’ And you’re right, it wasn’t. They couldn’t imagine Trump having a second term, but they should have. When does America ever reject seconds?”

Maher later brought his first guest, Douglas, who expressed his disappointment with the presidential election result but also shared a positive moment he experienced amid the chaos this week.

“The other thing I just have to share, after Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, [I’m] “I’m just so mad at this razor-thin race,” the Oscar winner said. “With all these polls it would be so close… and it’s a failure. I had no idea how this could have happened. So on Wednesday morning I go down to play golf just to clear my head. I play nine holes and get a hole-in-one.”

Elsewhere during their conversation, the actor also brought up inflation and the death of the middle class, telling Maher: “The fact that we can now talk about the Republicans as the party of the people, and we are this elitist party on the Left side.”, Democrats, is wild.”

Earlier this year, Douglas portrayed Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin. He also produced and appeared in the documentary America is burningwhich deals with the country’s economic divide.

The other guests appeared in the latest episode of Real time were John Heilemann and Sarah Isgur.