Bill Maher Goes Big With Trump Prediction: 'I Have The Credibility For This'

Bill Maher has a bold forecast for the 2024 election.

Im going to make this a very momentous night with a prediction, Maher told his guests, former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and conservative pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, on Fridays episode of the HBO show Real Time.

The prediction? That its over for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump .

I think I have the credibility for this prediction, Maher said, noting that hes been branded a Trump alarmist in the past.

He said he correctly predicted that Trump would politically survive prior controversies, like the infamous grab em by the pussy Access Hollywood tape.

Every time hes done crazy shit and gotten himself in trouble, I said, No, no, its not over, Maher recalled.

Now, Maher feels differently.

Tonight Im saying, I think its over, he stated bluntly.

The comedian compared Trumps rise to the hold on America exercised by former Sen. Joseph McCarthy  (R-Wis.) primarily known for his persecution of Americans suspected to be communists during the Cold War saying that McCarthys popularity blew out in two to three years.

I feel like eating the dogs were at this point, Maher quipped, referencing Trump spreading an evidence-free rumor about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

I just think hes going to lose.

The prediction marks a sharp change from what Maher was saying when President Joe Biden was still running for reelection. Following Bidens disastrous debate performance in June, Maher warned that Trump would beat Biden and that Democrats would regret keeping him as their candidate. Biden later dropped out of the White House race, making room for Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket.