WATCH: HBO's Maher tears into Trump's 'cult of personality' who are paving the way to a dictatorship

At the tail end of the 'Overtime segment" of HBO's Real Time, host Bill Maher grew agitated with the fanatical conservative base who see no problem with how President Donald Trump acts.

According to the HBO host, they are the type of "cult" who could pave the way for a dictatorship.

In a contentious back-and-forth with controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson, Maher explained where we are and where we could be going.

With Peterson calling the atmosphere around Trump a "circus," Maher jumped in to say, "Without the circus he's just a lonely clown."

"He has these people in Congress who are enablers," Maher continued. "And his base -- it is a cult of personality, not unlike dictatorships you see in the past."

"I mean, he said once, famously, 'I could shoot some on 5th Avenue and not lose any fans,'"  the HBO host recalled. "He has proved that to almost true. We cannot imagine what he would do that would make them turn on him. I don't know what that would be, I don't think it is anything. Because whatever it was, he would say, 'well, it's fake news.'"

Watch the video below via HBO: