Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late-night series Real Time with Bill Maugh.

Thank you folks, how you doing?

Donald Trump wants his wall. He wants that fucking wall.

Well, wall. First it was a wall that it was a fence.

Now it's a steel barrier with slats. So now it's going to be a series of trapecones.

A velvet rope.

The honor system and we're just going to end up with thoughts and prayers.

That's how we solve everything on the right. The thoughts and prayers.

The government is shut down. They're not going to do the state of the union.

And so the president of the United States has nothing to do.

But staying his room till noon every day and watch TV.

Like every other day of his presidency.

He is the only government worker who has been furloughed by Nancy Pelosi.

But yeah, the state of the union stand off. Apparently that's over.

If you missed it the back and forth, it went something like this.

Mr. President, you can't come here and do the state of the union.

Yes, I can. No, you can't. Well, I didn't want to anyway.

In Russian news, Trump's old lawyer, Michael Cohen, his fixer,

he has backed out of the testimony he was going to give to Congress.

Because he said he doesn't feel safe because President Trump and Rudy Giuliani have been threatening his family.

Michael Cohen said today said, I'm being bullied and intimidated.

And I should know that was my old job.

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