TRUMP LIKEENED TO A DOG EATING ITS OWN THROW-UP

Bill Maher unleashes tirade against Trump over Greenland and compares him to a 'dog eating its own throw-up'

 

By Alexa Cimino 

 

Daily Mail

Jan 24, 2025

 

 

Bill Maher delivered a blistering opening monologue by comparing Donald Trump to a dog 'throwing up on the rug' and then eating it during the Season 24 premiere of Real Time on HBO

 

Bill Maher kicked off the 24th season of Real Time with Bill Maher by comparing Donald Trump to a dog 'throwing up on the rug' and then eating it, in a blistering opening monologue targeting the president's revived fixation on Greenland. 

The remark came within the opening minutes of Maher's first episode of 2026, which aired Friday night on HBO.

Maher said Trump manufactured a foreign-policy crisis only to later declare victory over it, likening the reversal to a dog making a mess and then consuming it.

'It's a little like when the dog throws up on the rug, and then he eats it,' Maher said.

From there, Maher rewound the saga, joking that Trump's obsession with Greenland appeared to have disappeared earlier in his term before suddenly resurfacing.

'I thought he forgot about it,' Maher said, adding that at the beginning of the term, 'sometimes the brain farts pass.' 

Maher blasted Trump's rhetoric this past week which has included floating the idea of taking Greenland 'by force.' He mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the process, joking that he got 'so excited, he droned a dog sled.'

He then turned to Trump's appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders and business elites gather annually, and said Trump repeatedly confused Greenland with Iceland during his speech.

 

Greenland, the world’s largest Arctic island, has been coveted by Donald Trump for its strategic value in monitoring Russian and Chinese military activity and expanding US defense reach in the Arctic

 

'He kept saying Iceland when he meant Greenland,' Maher said, comparing the mix‑up to calling out the wrong name during an intimate moment. 

Maher noted that Trump ultimately backed away from both the threat of force and proposed tariffs, framing the reversal as a self‑congratulatory win over a problem Trump created himself. 

'We are declaring victory for a problem that wasn't there until he made it,' Maher said.

He went on to say Trump claimed a new Greenland agreement exists, calling it a vague 'framework' with no details written down, and joked that it was modeled after Trump's long‑promised health care plan. 

According to Maher, Trump boasted that the US would gain new military bases, mining access, and protection against Russian influence in Greenland - benefits Maher said the US already had. 

'All of which we had anyway,' Maher said. 'But now everybody hates us.'

He closed the segment by mocking conservative praise for Trump's approach, calling it what Fox News likes to label 'the art of the deal.'

Friday night's episode featured Paul Eaton, a retired US Army major general and senior advisor for VoteVets and the Vet Voice Foundation, as the interview guest. 

 

President Donald Trump has recently reignited debate over Greenland, drawing criticism from late-night host Bill Maher

 

The panel included John Kennedy, the Republican senator from Louisiana and author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller How to Test Negative For Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will, alongside Kasie Hunt, anchor of CNN's The Arena with Kasie Hunt.

Trump announced a preliminary 'framework' deal for US access to Greenland at Davos on Wednesday, pausing tariff threats against Denmark and NATO allies after weeks of escalating rhetoric.

The president has repeatedly argued that Greenland is critical to US national security because of its strategic location in the Arctic, which sits between North America and Europe and offers a vantage point for monitoring Russian and Chinese military activity. 

The island is also rich in untapped natural resources, including rare earth minerals vital for modern technology and defense industries -  a combination Trump has cited as essential to maintaining American global power. 

Trump calls it essential for NATO security, while Denmark has resisted a full sale.