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Bill Maher<\/a> made a bold comparison of Taylor Swift<\/a> and President Donald Trump<\/a> that likely raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n On the Friday, October 17 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher<\/a><\/em>, the late-night host, 69, took aim at the POTUS, 79, ahead of No Kings Day protests set for Saturday, October 18. Nearly 7 million people showed up at more than 2,700 events across the country, celebrity.land reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is all the people who are upset about the obviously anti-democratic things he\u2019s doing here,\u201d Maher said of Trump during his opening monologue<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re getting out in the streets, they\u2019re saying, \u2018We are not going to take this lying down! Milling around? Yes, we\u2019ll do it milling around.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n After joking that he would have attended but he \u201ccouldn\u2019t find my p\u2014y hat,\u201d Maher criticized the right\u2019s characterization of the protests.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Republicans are saying this is not \u2018No Kings Day,\u2019 they said this is \u2018Hate America Day,\u2019\u201d he pointed out. \u201cYeah, liberals hate America? That\u2019s what they think? \u2018Yeah, if you won\u2019t stop assembling freely and speaking freely, we\u2019re gonna send our masked, unaccountable secret police to arrest you, as America should be!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Maher continued, \u201cI mean, Trump does not like this, being called a king,\u201d \u201cHe said, \u2018I am not a king, and the next person who calls me one, they\u2019re going to find their ass in the dungeon, let me tell you!\u2019 He denied it. He said, \u2018I am not a king, I have no intention of becoming a king. But if some country wants to donate a gold crown, I\u2019m not gonna say no.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Additionally, the comedian addressed the recent indictments of several of Trump\u2019s political opponents, including former FBI Director James Comey<\/a>, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and John Bolton<\/a>, Trump\u2019s former national security advisor. Maher used pop superstar Swift, 35, to make a point about the president.<\/p>\n \u201cComey\u2019s indicted. Letitia James: indicted. Now, John Bolton, his former national security advisor \u2014 who wrote a book about him, not a good idea \u2014 he\u2019s indicted. Trump is going after everyone that ever pissed him off. He\u2019s like an authoritarian Taylor Swift. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n Real Time With Bill Maher<\/em>, Fridays, 10\/9c, HBO<\/strong><\/p>\n Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n