Well, well, well—looks like the “Tariffs Will Doom Us All” crowd just took a pie to the face, and guess who’s holding the napkin? None other than liberal comic and professional Trump basher Bill Maher. Yep, the same guy who once said he was rooting for a recession just to take down Trump is now publicly admitting—on his own podcast, no less—that he got it wrong.
Dead wrong.
And not just a little off. We’re talking “I-thought-the-sky-was-falling-but-it-was-just-a-bluebird” levels of wrong. Maher confessed that the economy, rather than collapsing under Trump’s tariffs like he and his progressive buddies so confidently predicted, is… thriving. Stock market at record highs, streets full of consumers, and no sign of the apocalyptic meltdown CNN promised night after night.
But let’s not rush past the fun part.
This wasn’t some offhand remark or behind-closed-doors confession. Maher delivered this mea culpa on air, in a sit-down with progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen. He flat-out said: “I’ve got to own it.” That’s not just a crack in the narrative—that’s a full-on structural collapse.
And if you’re thinking, “Hey, good for him for admitting it,” hold that thought.
Because while Maher’s sudden honesty is worth noting, it also raises a juicy little question: how many other left-wing talking heads knew they were wrong but kept the Trump-bashing train rolling anyway? Maher slipped because he prides himself on being “truthful with the audience.” But what about the rest of the media machine that’s built its brand on Orange Man Bad, no matter what the data says?
Let’s also savor the irony here. Maher, just this past spring, ridiculed Trump’s push for American manufacturing, mocking it as “so 70s” and asking why we’d even want those jobs back. According to him, it was hopelessly retro. He literally said that robots are going to take those jobs anyway, so why bother?
Fast-forward to now—Trump’s economic policy, including those “retro” tariffs, hasn’t just not failed… it’s working. That’s the part they don’t want you to notice.
Here’s another one for your “Wait, What?” file: Maher had the gall to say “Let’s work from the reality of that, not from ‘I just hate Donald Trump,’ because that’s boring.” Excuse us, Bill, but that’s been your entire act since 2016. Hate Trump. Mock Trump. Hope for economic collapse if it means Trump goes down. Repeat.
But now that the numbers are looking a little too good, it’s time to pivot?
Even Cohen—the guest—admitted he’s learned to stop making bold predictions. Because, you know, if he were any good at it, Hillary would’ve been President. That’s not self-awareness; that’s damage control.
And still, in true Maher fashion, he can’t help but take a parting shot. He says Trump’s approach to China is “a– backwards,” despite the fact that it has actually led to a new trade deal with the European Union. One that, surprise surprise, is designed to balance trade relationships more fairly—a goal the left once championed… until Trump started doing it.
🚨NEW: Bill Maher ADMITS he was *WRONG* about Trump’s tariffs🚨
“The stock market is at record highs.”
“I don’t see a country in a depression at all. I see people out there just living their lives.”
“And I would have thought — and I gotta own it — that these tariffs were going… pic.twitter.com/386aYchG9B
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) July 28, 2025
So, let’s piece this together: Tariffs didn’t crash the economy. Manufacturing isn’t dead. Trade deals are getting signed. And even Bill Maher is blinking in disbelief at how wrong the liberal consensus turned out to be.
But don’t expect MSNBC to run a banner saying, “Trump Was Right About Tariffs.” Don’t expect the Washington Post to issue a correction or retract their doomsday takes. Because that’s not how the narrative works. When Trump’s wrong, it’s front page. When he’s right? Crickets… or a buried podcast clip Maher had the guts (or slip-up?) to drop.
Click in. Read more. Because if the King of Progressive Snark is starting to sound like he might vote for common sense, something bigger might be shifting under the surface.
