Bill Maher Tackles Trump, Elon, AI, and Robots in Hilarious Real Time Episode

Bill Maher didn’t bother with subtlety when he opened this week’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Right out the gate, he locked onto what he called the week’s most unignorable spectacle: the ongoing drama between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. With his usual sharp tongue, Maher compared the bizarre face-off to “Godzilla versus King Kong… if Godzilla was on ketamine and King Kong had a comb-over.” That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the episode.

The internet billionaire’s recent musings about starting his own political party gave Maher plenty of room to play. “I don’t know if we’re ready for a party from a guy who’s on Ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine,” Maher joked. “Although the convention does sound like a blast.” That was just the beginning. The conversation looped back to Musk multiple times throughout the night, often tied to the growing influence of tech and the people who shape it.

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Maher’s first guest of the evening was comedian and actress Whitney Cummings, and things got weird fast. “I have a sex robot,” she offered, before adding, “I’ll give it to you for a steal.” Her signature deadpan delivery landed well with Maher and the audience, especially as she explained that the robot was modeled after herself five years ago. “You age and they don’t,” she said. “It’s humiliating.”

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Cummings went even deeper, revealing that the robot had helped raise her baby. “My robot breastfed the baby,” she said with a straight face. “There’s already microplastics in our breast milk. I figured it’s probably safer.” Maher looked a little horrified, a little impressed.

He shared his own modern tech woes, confessing that he used to scream at his car, but now speaks to it politely. “That’s sick,” he said, shaking his head. It’s the kind of exchange you only get on Maher’s show — part social commentary, part stand-up routine.

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A Rightward Shift or Just Growing Up?

Toward the end of their conversation, Maher gently brought up a recent profile on Cummings that hinted at her political shift. According to the article, her comedy had taken a more conservative tone. Cummings pushed back a little on that portrayal, though she did admit to feeling a bit more protective and cautious since becoming a parent.

“I want to hunt coyotes now,” she said, half joking, half serious. It wasn’t a full-on political manifesto, but it was clear she’s thinking about the world — and her place in it — a little differently these days.

Stephanie Ruhle and Jonah Goldberg Dive Into the Headlines

For the panel, Maher brought out two guests with plenty to say: MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle and The Dispatch‘s Jonah Goldberg. Their conversation was rich with hot-button issues — from the Musk/Trump fallout to the drama around budget cuts and entitlement reform.

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Ruhle didn’t mince words when she slammed Musk’s crypto antics, calling DOGE “a huge wasted opportunity.” She expressed concern about real-world consequences like cuts to medical research and the weather service. “That’s not just annoying. That’s dangerous,” she said.

Goldberg took a more macro view, pointing to how much of the big talk around tech and politics serves the interests of those in power. When the topic shifted to artificial intelligence, Goldberg brought the skepticism. “AI company heads love AI,” he said. “Shocker.” Maher agreed that a lot of the boosterism seems self-serving, even as all three debated what AI might mean for the workforce.

“You’re not going to be replaced by AI,” Goldberg told Maher. Maher’s reply was quick: “I’m not typical.”

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In his closing monologue, Maher turned toward strategy — specifically, Democratic Party strategy. His take? Instead of searching for a liberal version of Joe Rogan, Democrats should just try to win Rogan back.

“He’s not completely inflexible,” Maher said. “His neck, yes, but not his mind.”

Maher’s argument wasn’t just about Rogan though. He used the podcast giant as a stand-in for a larger group of voters who might have gone to Trump but are now second-guessing that choice. Voters who, as he put it, realized “when you elect a bull to run through the china shop, sometimes the china that gets broken is you.”

He brought up Elon Musk again, arguing that liberals dismissed him too quickly. Maher took a jab at Saturday Night Live, saying the cast wasn’t fair to Musk when he hosted the show. But there’s more to that story. Behind the scenes, it’s been reported Musk actually made a cast member cry — and that tension might’ve been the real reason things felt cold.

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The episode was classic Maher: sharp, funny, and full of contradictions. Between sex robots, political digs, budget breakdowns, and philosophical AI rants, there wasn’t a dull moment. Maher’s ability to mix real news with late-night chaos is why Real Time still feels current — even when it veers into coyote-hunting parenting and microplastic breast milk.