{"id":403884,"date":"2025-09-07T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403884\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T00:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:01:13","slug":"bill-maher-takes-on-trumps-department-of-war-and-his-rosie-odonnell-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403884\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Takes On Trump\u2019s \u2018Department Of War\u2019 \u2014 And His Rosie O\u2019Donnell Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Donald Trump\u2019s headline-grabbing antics are once again drawing fire from comedian Bill Maher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Friday\u2019s episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Juh4jkZ2Xk4&amp;list=PLajuJYZKBz2RzVVBUOQd24ap06Yc0Nl2m&amp;index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cReal Time with Bill Maher,\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cReal Time with Bill Maher,\u201d<\/a> the host zoned in on Trump\u2019s latest eyebrow-raising move: attempting to rename the Department of Defense to the \u201cDepartment of War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Department of Defense is now the Department of War, also the Justice Department will now be the Girl of Revenge,\u201d Maher joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rebrand isn\u2019t just a gag. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-sign-order-renaming-pentagon-department-war\/story?id=125275019\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:signed an executive order;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">signed an executive order<\/a> on Friday to rename the department, though formally changing the name requires an act of Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/bill-maher-pete-hegseth-parents-phone_n_680cf344e4b06b5c9fc8d0c7?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bill Maher Has A Hilarious Suggestion For Pete Hegseth&#039;s Parents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bill Maher Has A Hilarious Suggestion For Pete Hegseth&#8217;s Parents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maher noted that the department was \u201coriginally\u201d called the Department of War \u201cunder George Washington.\u201d In 1949, it was changed to the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maher noted that Trump\u2019s personal behavior might be at odds with the image he\u2019s trying to project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe said it sends a message that we are fierce warriors,\u201d the comedian said. \u201cAnd then he went back to his Twitter spat with Rosie O\u2019Donnell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Maher noted that Trump\u2019s personal behavior might be at odds with the image he\u2019s trying to project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe said it sends a message that we are fierce warriors,\u201d the comedian said. \u201cAnd then he went back to his Twitter spat with Rosie O\u2019Donnell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump and O\u2019Donnell\u2019s feud has spanned decades, but it\u2019s recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/rosie-odonnell-responds-donald-trump-revoke-citizenship-threat_n_68bb6624e4b04dd23504de63\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:taken a darker turn.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">taken a darker turn. <\/a>The president has repeatedly threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/rosie-odonnell-trump-citizenship-response_n_6872895fe4b07a168b47ba92\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:revoke the actor\u2019s citizenship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">revoke the actor\u2019s citizenship<\/a>, prompting O\u2019Donnell to hit back with a cutting remark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-blames-wokey-attitude-for-us-military-losses_n_68bb6a60e4b0a789519671c9?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trump Ridiculed For Claiming U.S. Could Have &#039;Won Every War&#039; If We Weren&#039;t &#039;Wokey&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trump Ridiculed For Claiming U.S. Could Have &#8216;Won Every War&#8217; If We Weren&#8217;t &#8216;Wokey&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s like a cornered rat and he doesn\u2019t know where to go or what to do,\u201d she said Friday on \u201cThe Jim Acosta Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo he goes into his bag of tricks and one of his tricks is, \u2018Let\u2019s make fun of Rosie O\u2019Donnell and threaten her,\u2019 even though he\u2019s threatened me before and never done anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/bill-maher-donald-trump-rosie-odonnell-department-of-justice_n_68bc8179e4b0acb9ffec27bb?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read the original on HuffPost;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump\u2019s headline-grabbing antics are once again drawing fire from comedian Bill Maher. 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