Bill Maher's savage three-word reaction to Trump's shock move to name Matt Gaetz as Attorney General

Bill Maher unleashed connected Donald Trump's arguable furniture picks arsenic helium joked that Matt Gaetz was lone nominated for Attorney General due to the fact that 'Diddy wasn't available.' 

The speech amusement host, 68, utilized his Friday nighttime monologue to scathe Trump's unorthodox nominees - besides including Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Pete Hegseth - saying the president-elect 'hit the crushed trolling.' 

'Two basal qualities you need: implicit loyalty to Trump and a sanction that makes liberals cry,' helium said. 'So, Trump's imagination campaigner is simply a work carnal named 'sugar t**s.' 

Maher said of each the nominees, 'the 1 who caused the astir consternation was Matt Gaetz arsenic Attorney General - due to the fact that Diddy was not available.' 

'It's a spot of an unorthodox pick, I deliberation we tin hold to that,' helium added.  'Usually a president wants idiosyncratic arsenic Attorney General who's acquainted with Justice Department investigations, but not arsenic a people of them himself. 

'Matt is floating a caller argumentation successful the Justice Department — don't ask, don't card.' 

Maher was referencing a Justice Department probe into Gaetz connected suspicion of kid enactment trafficking, which are among the aforesaid charges facing disgraced rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs. 

The DOJ probe into Gaetz was closed past twelvemonth without charges, and helium denies the allegations against him. 

Maher, a staunch Trump professional who has besides criticized the far-left helping of the Democratic Party successful caller years, admitted galore liberals were struggling to travel to presumption with Donald Trump's landslide predetermination victory. 

'Liberal women are among the astir p***ed off,' helium said, noting that immoderate person taken to denying enactment to men who voted for Donald Trump. 

'Well, each I tin accidental is yet progressives recovered a mode to crook thing blue,' helium added. 

Moving onto Trump's different furniture picks, Maher pointed to the information of Pete Hegseth, a play co-host of Fox and Friends, arsenic Defense Secretary. 

Many person said Hegseth, a combat veteran, lacks the high-level acquisition needed to tally the United States military, and Maher said Trump lone decided connected the big due to the fact that helium 'found retired Jack Reacher was not a existent guy.' 

Mocking Hegseth's greeting speech amusement presenting style, Maher quipped: 'We'll beryllium close backmost but first, much bombs.' 

Maher past joked that Wheel of Fortune prima Vanna White should go Secretary of Education and the 'Hawk Tuah girl' should get the motion for Secretary of Commerce. 

'That's what happens erstwhile you suffer elections,' Maher concluded. 

'And don't expect the mean Republicans to prevention you. There's nary much Republicans. This is the Trump enactment and if helium chooses Kanye to beryllium ambassador to Israel, say, Hi' to Yeezus of Nazareth.'  

It comes arsenic Trump has been holed up astatine his Mar-a-Lago property successful Florida since his thumping predetermination triumph arsenic helium focuses connected his modulation backmost into government. 

Elon Musk, a large Trump backer successful the election, has taken a cardinal relation successful the modulation squad and has been joining Trump's meetings with satellite leaders, raising eyebrows among immoderate observers. 

This week, it emerged that Musk has met a starring Iranian official up of attempts by the incoming Donald Trump medication to calm tensions successful the Middle East.

Not contented with taking the axe to America's bloated bureaucracy connected behalf of the incoming President, the billionaire has seemingly turned his manus to overseas policy.

The Tesla tycoon – besides appointed by Trump to pb a caller US Department of Government Efficiency – spent much than an hr gathering Iran's ambassador to the UN, it was reported Thursday.

Their 'positive' brushwood aimed astatine defusing tensions betwixt the countries is being seen arsenic an aboriginal motion that 'deal-maker' Trump is superior astir diplomacy with Tehran. That is contempt an alleged Iranian-led crippled to assassinate him weeks earlier helium stormed backmost to the White House.