Speaking to film legend Jane Fonda about Donald Trump’s recent election victory, Maher remarked: “Maybe I’m quitting because I don’t want to do anything else – I made Trump.” While the looming fear and exhaustion of another Trump term is certainly understandable for many people Maher wanted us to know that he especially can’t go through it again because he’s been making fun of Trump longer than any other comedian.

“I did all the Trump stuff before anyone else,” Maher claimed. “I called him a fraud in front of everyone. I said, “He’s a mafia boss.” I was the one who said he wouldn’t concede the election. I did it.”

“Well, then how come he’s so hostile to Jimmy Kimmel and not you?” Fonda returned.

“He is very hostile towards me! He tweets about me every week!” argued a defensive Maher.

Fonda, who isn’t usually considered a comedy expert, politely suggested that there is a way forward here: “So find something new to do, and don’t do Trump, do something different.” “

“The show Is “politics,” replied Maher stubbornly. “And he will dominate the news like he always does.”

The suggestion that he’s quitting his show because he can’t imagine a version of the show where he doesn’t just rehash the same twisted Trump jokes he’s been telling for over a decade is pretty much a given for Maher. After all, this is the same guy once accused The onion because he was too lazy to check to see if they had published their joke months before.

Of course, Maher won’t really give up. If Maher decided to quit a job that gave him attention and a forum to express his terrible opinions, it would be like Garfield giving up lasagna. But this is especially stupid considering this is his youngest Real time The editorial was about how people shouldn’t let Trump’s re-election derail their current plans. Maher specifically talked about spending the holidays with Trump-voting family members, but he actually looked directly into the camera and emphasized, “Don’t let Trump live in your brain like RFK’s worm.”

But that was just for the snowflakes who don’t suck it up and want to spend Jesus’ birthday arguing with their racist uncle. Obviously, the same logic wouldn’t apply to Maher himself.