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

It's a good time to reflect how far we've come from our first president who said I cannot tell a lot.

And you know, I know it's fun to watch the wheels come off that Trump car

until we remember we're riding in the back.

That is not so fucking fun anymore.

And as usual, you know, there's the circus that happens every week, the distractions

that take us away from knowing what's really important, which is there is an unprecedented state of crisis in this country.

There is.

Secretary, the National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn resigned because of his illegal contacts with Russia.

I know the president would like to say that's fake news. That's not fake news.

This is the most serious political scandal we've ever had in the United States.

And now the question turns to how deep was the involvement of President Trump or as Russia calls him Agent Orange.

What is going on in this country is the intelligence agencies are leaking like crazy because they are trying to send a desperate message

that this is not just a different kind of president as the Republican enablers lie.

He's a different kind of president.

No, he's fucking nuts and he's dangerous.

And they know it.

They know it.

And they're trying to tell us that you know what makes the intelligence agencies go nuts.

Seems like this from Mar-a-Largo this last weekend.

When he was with the Japanese Prime Minister and they got news at dinner that the North Koreans had launched a missile.

So Trump thought he would you know just handle it at dinner in an open-air restaurant.

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