‘I won’t pre-hate it,’ says Maher about Trump’s second term

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Comedian Bill Maher declared, with the second Trump administration set to enter the White House later this month, he is not “gonna pre-hate anything,” saying in an interview that he will “hope for the best.” But if something “serious” occurs, he will discuss it on air. 

“I’m not going to chase every rabbit down the hole like I did the first term,” Maher said during his Friday appearance on CNN’s “The Lead” about President-elect Trump.  

“He’s a kooky guy who says a lot of kooky things, and I’m just not going to pre-hate anything. I’m just going to hope for the best, and then when something serious happens, I’ll comment on that,” he told CNN anchor Jake Tapper. 

Maher, a vocal critic of Trump, has previously said that things may get worse for voters if the Republican candidate triumphs in the 2024 presidential election. The comedian predicted he would lose to Vice President Harris in November last year. Trump ended up winning and sweeping all seven battleground states.

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