{"id":3391,"date":"2023-03-01T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2023-03-01T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:21:08","slug":"liberal-comedian-admits-hes-afraid-of-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/liberal-comedian-admits-hes-afraid-of-trump\/njackson\/2023\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Comedian Admits He&#8217;s &#8216;Afraid&#8217; of Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that comedian Bill Maher has a sour view of former President Trump, the two have engaged in back-and-forth spats online for years often with no kind word between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the liberal comedian recently admitted to CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper that he is scared of Trump &#8220;on a very personal level,&#8221; especially what the first president might do to him if he&#8217;s re-elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am afraid of Trump on a very personal level because I don\u2019t think he likes me. I understand why,\u201d the HBO \u201cReal Time\u201d host told\u00a0 Tapper\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/media\/2023\/03\/01\/maher-tapper-scared-trump-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as part of a CNN primetime special<\/a>. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know what he would do in a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maher, 67, told Tapper that after Trump won the 2016 presidential election, \u201cI was afraid for my own wellbeing. I thought I could wind up in Guantanamo Bay. I think I still could.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s obsessed sometimes. I don\u2019t know. He went on a tear for about eight months when he was president every time, he\u2019d have a rally. I have a list three pages long of the things he\u2019s called me,\u201d he said of the 45<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI mean, he is obviously someone who does not know any boundaries, and, you know, you have to worry when you see what other authoritarian rulers do in other countries to people,\u201d Maher told Tapper of Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not thinking he\u2019s going to become [Russian President Vladimir Putin] and start pushing people out windows,\u201d Maher said, \u201cbut I\u2019m not going to live on the 30th floor anywhere either.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump has slammed Maher as a \u201cradical left maniac.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Trump attacked CNN for adding Maher\u2019s \u201cOvertime\u201d post-show segment to its Friday night programming. 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