Maher Pushes Back on Molly Jong-Fast’s ‘Bullsh*t’ Criticism of Trump’s Red Carpet Treatment of Putin

MAHER: “Surprising? Disappointed? What’s your reaction?”
KIRN: “I wish it had happened in winter, because the only outfit I haven’t seen Trump wear is a parka. I mean, a McDonald’s uniform, a garbage truck driver... I also wish there had been more outdoor activities. It being Alaska, they could have gone fishing. But the world is divided between people who didn’t want it to happen and people who don’t want it to succeed. You seem to want it to succeed, so do I. Unless we’re going to get rid of Putin, unless we’re going to eliminate him — we could have dropped a bomb from that B-2 —- we’re going to have to talk to him at some point.”
MAHER: “Who doesn’t want it to succeed? Everybody wants it.”
KIRN: “There are people who didn’t want to see Putin walk across that red carpet and didn’t like it when Trump waved to him.”
MAHER: “Oh, I see.”
Jong-Fast: “I mean, it crushed some norms having him walk across a red carpet while Trump clapped. I mean, generally, Putin doesn’t get — “
MAHER: “Oh, come on. Are we really going to go through this kind of bullsh*t? Like, you know, Obama wore a tan suit and he saluted with coffee in his hand. Who gives a sh*t what he walks across that red carpet?
(Aplause)
I mean, there’s people dying over there.”
KIRN: “The body language, to me, put the lie to the notion that we’ve had for 10 years that Trump is Putin’s stooge. Putin looked like his caddy. I mean, he really did. He’s half his height. He was sort of smiling uncomfortably. I think we can lay to rest the idea that Trump is some Russian agent. I actually wish that he’d been a little kinder to him. I thought he was intimidating.”
Jong-Fast: “Has Putin made any peace deals that have worked? I mean, that’s my question. Because I’ve seen countries that he’s made peace deals about, and they don’t look great, right? I mean, he’s been a very difficult person to make a deal with. And I think it’s — I mean, nobody — everybody wants peace in Ukraine, right? This is a terrible war that’s going on and on. But, you know, you have to be able to take Putin at his word.”