Bill Maher mocks Trump’s bizarre convention pledge of allegiance

Bill Maher mocks Trump’s bizarre convention pledge of allegiance ‘This really happened this week in America, which used to be a real country,’ Bill Maher said on his show on Friday - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Comedian Bill Maher mocked President Donald Trump’s bizarre version of the Pledge of Allegiance, which he had supporters recite during the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday. The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher appeared stunned by the moment during his Friday night monologue. “This really happened this week in America, which used to be a real country,” Maher, a longtime Trump critic, told the studio audience. “At the convention, he made everybody put their hand up and do a new pledge of allegiance.” Maher then read aloud the words Trump had instructed supporters to repeat. “I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States that loves us so much he can't even breathe, that I will go out with my family, my friends. I'll do it anyway — I don't care if I'm registered or not. I'm going to try and cheat like hell, like they do,” Maher said. After finishing the passage, the host threw his hands in the air and said: “I got nothing anymore.” Trump followed up the pledge Thursday night — the final evening of the first-of-its-kind convention — with a warning to supporters. “You know what happens if you don't vote? You go to hell, you know that? Okay?” Trump said. “You go to hell, and I don't want that to happen to you.” Maher has a long record of criticizing Trump on television. In 2013, responding to Trump’s repeated false claim that Barack Obama was born outside the United States, Maher joked that Trump was the “spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.” Trump later sued Maher over the remark. More recently, Maher has accused Trump of embracing socialism through his interventions in private businesses; denounced him as an “emperor” staging “gladiatorial games,” a reference to the UFC event at the White House; and described Trump’s followers as part of a “cult.” Trump, for his part, has repeatedly attacked Maher, calling him “highly overrated” and accusing him of having “a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The two had dinner at the White House in March 2025, after which Maher said the president had been “gracious and measured” and far different from the “crazy” man he sees on television. Yet, the public insults continued afterward. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments