Maher says Trump further left than Dems citing Intel stake: ‘This is socialism’

Comedian Bill Maher accused President Trump of openly embracing “socialism” more than Democrats, as democratic socialism is on the rise in the U.S.

In a Friday segment on “Real Time,” Maher said Republicans were hypocrites when it came to accusing democratic socialists of being communist, especially the Trump administration.

“It’s so interesting, the wrinkle in this story, because now that they’re communists, there’s an opening for socialism. And you know who’s filling it? Donald Trump,” he said. 

Maher called out the Trump administration’s stake in Intel, Nvidia and Nippon Steel, saying “we basically run their boardroom now.”

Trump said in April that federal stock holdings in Intel generated more than $30 billion over the last several months, after he authorized the U.S. government’s investment in the struggling........

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