During this week’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the discussion shifted from the Oscars to serious concerns regarding foreign policy and U.S. relations, particularly with Canada. Canadian MP Chrystia Freeland addressed President Trump’s rhetoric toward Canada, while Maher humorously highlighted the loss of politeness in Canadian politics. The conversation also covered a recent tense meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian leaders. CNN's Fareed Zakaria and former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Maher in expressing alarm over potential consequences of a declining U.S. influence globally, including risks like nuclear proliferation.
Maher stressed that he was supportive of Canadian efforts to push back against Trump's comments, at one point declaring himself "Team Drake." But he also lamented the way that certain qualities of American politics seemed to be making their way north. "This is sad for me," he said, "that people in Canada are losing their polite."
Zakaria referred to the shift in U.S. policy as a "bizarre moral reversion," while Emanuel noted that the heated tones at the aforementioned meeting "looked like the Emanuel family at Thanksgiving."
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