Asshole Trump may be, but Maher doesn't quite get to the nugget of why the asshole is so popular.

He starts to scratch the surface a bit by addressing the failures in the education system, but he doesn't quite go far enough.

(Before I go further and people start arguing with me, let me be clear: I. Do. Not. Like. Trump. Okay? Okay. Lets continue.)

In spite of his many flaws, Trump is doing a few things right in his campaign: He is addressing many of the problems that a large number of Americans are being pressured by. His solutions range from dumb to crazy, but the problems he talks about, economic pressures, stagnant wages, vanishing middle class inability to 'get ahead,' etc. are real. This socio-economic group people who have been increasingly left behind since the late 70’s/early 80’s the adoption of trickle-down economics.

For this group of people, in spite of all the other ridiculous stuff Trump says, blaming problems on “those people,” and other crap—-and as flawed as his is, at least he’s addressing some of their troubles.

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I'm sure Maher is smart enough to recognize that income and wealth inequality has played a roll in Trump's rise in popularity. I guess he didn't have time to talk about that in this short clip...

I think Bill was close.

Trump is so popular because (many) people believe him when he says he would be the best president ever.

That is actually all there is to that.

Yes Trump is chest thumper.

HE is giving people what they want to hear. He is addressing the problems that our government lies about and fails to fix.

He represents the outsider anti establishment, like Bernie, who got cheated out of the race.


Hillary is unpersonable and disliked. She and her name carries a lot of baggage. There is a lot of distrust hanging over her. Then again "what difference does it make"


Will Trump do what he says? Who knows - It sounds like he will.

Will Hillary deliver? She represent the political status quo so it is doubtful things would get better.

Trump is no bible thumping conservative. The choice is democrat A or Democrat B.

This doesn't really explain why he is popular.

D. Must try harder Maher. Not good enough.

this may be a first, but I actually agree with most of what you're saying

we're definitely on the same page

I think also that trump's narcissism is what make him want to be in the spotlight and think that he alone can solve the problems. Also, there's a lot of people that think if someone is very successful (arguable in trumps case) that they're worthy to follow or that they of course would have the solutions.

So the U.S. is basically a large scale experiment to test the Dunning-Kruger effect? Is that my takeaway from this?

But that's just it - Trump talks about these real problems, he absolutely doesn't address them. When he's asked about what his policies might be, he begins talking and ends up on a completely different subject, usually concluding that he would be the best person to fix [insert problem here] but not saying how.

Does Clinton not talk about the same problems? Of course she does.

Totally misread the title, thought Maher was going to prove Trump is bipolar.