‘We can’t survive another Donald Trump term’: Bill Maher hopes for a recession to block re-election

HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher on Friday said that a recession was a better outcome for America than President Donald Trump being re-elected in 2020.

Maher responded to a guest who had just said Trump didn't understand tariffs while discussing the damage from the president's trade wars.

"You should hope for a recession because that will definitely get him unelected," Maher said.

"You don't really want a recession," former White House press secretary Anthony Scaramucci replied.

"I really do," Maher shot back.

"We have survived many recessions, we can’t survive another Donald Trump term," the host concluded.

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