Maher to Bannon: You Look For 'Empty Vessels' Like Trump To Promote Your Ideas
- 6 years ago
Steve Bannon made an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday.
Bill Maher cited President Trump when he asked former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon about "looking for morons who are empty vessels" to promote his ideas.
Maher made the comment on his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday, telling Bannon: "First, you were crazy about Sarah Palin and then you were crazy about Donald Trump. I think you look for morons who are empty vessels that you can put your ideas in."
"Every single person in administration has called him an idiot," the host then said of Trump. "That's what you look for. I get it."
However, Bannon defended the president, saying: "Look, did he go to Harvard Kennedy School? Does he speak in the vernacular of the elites of this world? No. He speaks in a very plain spoken vernacular, but he's incredibly smart."
For his part, Trump has spoken highly of his own intelligence--at one point, calling himself "a very stable genius."
Despite his positive words about the president, Bannon was attacked by the administration in January after he was quoted criticizing Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in Michael Wolff's controversial book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."
In response, President Trump released a sharp statement, saying: "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind."
Bill Maher cited President Trump when he asked former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon about "looking for morons who are empty vessels" to promote his ideas.
Maher made the comment on his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday, telling Bannon: "First, you were crazy about Sarah Palin and then you were crazy about Donald Trump. I think you look for morons who are empty vessels that you can put your ideas in."
"Every single person in administration has called him an idiot," the host then said of Trump. "That's what you look for. I get it."
However, Bannon defended the president, saying: "Look, did he go to Harvard Kennedy School? Does he speak in the vernacular of the elites of this world? No. He speaks in a very plain spoken vernacular, but he's incredibly smart."
For his part, Trump has spoken highly of his own intelligence--at one point, calling himself "a very stable genius."
Despite his positive words about the president, Bannon was attacked by the administration in January after he was quoted criticizing Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in Michael Wolff's controversial book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."
In response, President Trump released a sharp statement, saying: "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind."