比尔·马厄正在改变他在家庭影院的调子实时星期五晚上，他告诉观众，他计划降低他嘲笑唐纳德·特朗普总统及其支持者的喜剧套路，因为他担心美国的政治分裂可能导致第二次内战。

“我犯了这样的错误，”马希尔在提到右翼的骂人时说，并补充道:“我会试着停下来。我明白了右翼的反智主义并不主要来自愚蠢，而是来自仇恨。告诉人们他们是不可救药的，这让他们说，“你知道吗，我宁愿站在俄罗斯一边，也不愿站在你一边。”"

“最近，我们听到越来越多关于第二次内战的消息，”马希尔说，“这在这个现代富裕的国家听起来是不可能的。事实并非如此。我们认为特朗普是一个生存威胁，但他的阵营认为民主党对政府的控制完全一样。当双方都相信另一方接管意味着世界末日时，是的，你可能会有一场内战。”

马希尔与观众讲道理，以示宽容，并与不认同自己政治观点的人和平共处。喜剧演员说:“我们必须学会彼此生活在一起，否则就会有血。”。“所以，如果艾伦·[·德杰尼勒斯]在一场足球比赛中坐在乔治·布什旁边，不要大惊小怪，”马希尔补充说，指的是艾伦·德杰尼勒斯在10月份受到的批评和前总统乔治·布什在一起。

“布什不是我心目中的好总统，但我从来不担心他会锁定他的政治对手、记者或我，”马希尔说。

“当奥巴马接受他的工作时，他支持奥巴马。他说，“我们希望你成功。”如果你看不出这和特朗普有什么不同，民主党就注定要失败。"

马希尔继续说，“民主唯一闪亮的真理”是“分享一个有着你无法忍受的* *漏洞的国家。”

“即使民主党在2020年赢得一切，共和党仍然会在这里，他们不会自行驱逐出境，”马希尔说。“他们在国会，在你的办公室，有时在你的家里。家是你发现任何关系中三个神奇的词不是‘我爱你’的地方他们是，“放手”"

在节目的其他地方，马希尔说特朗普弹劾听证会和水门事件之间的比较“非常不同”

“水门事件，”尼克松说，“我不是骗子。”特朗普说，‘我是个骗子，那又怎样？”马希尔阐述道。

特朗普的比尔·马厄。

BILL MAHER IS TONING DOWN ANTI-TRUMP ROUTINE FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE, FEARS NEW CIVIL WAR

Bill Maher is changing his tune on HBO's Real Time, telling viewers Friday night that he plans to tone down his comedic routine mocking President Donald Trump and his supporters over fears that the political division in the U.S. could lead to a second civil war.

"I have been guilty of saying things like that," Maher said referring to name-calling of the right, adding: "I'm going to try to stop. I've learned that the anti-intellectualism of the right doesn't come primarily from stupidity, it comes from hate. Telling people they're irredeemable is what makes them say, 'You know what, I'd rather side with Russia than you.'"

"Lately, we've been hearing more and more about a second civil war," said Maher, "which sounds impossible in this modern, affluent country. It is not. We talk about Trump as an existential threat, but his side sees Democratic control of government the exact same way. When both sides believe the other guy taking over means the end of the world, yes, you can have a civil war."

Maher reasoned with viewers to show tolerance and co-exist peacefully with people who do not share their political viewpoint. "We are going to have to learn to live with each other, or there will be blood," said the comedian. "So don't freak out if Ellen [DeGeneres] sits next to George Bush at a football game," Maher added, referring to the criticism Ellen DeGeneres received in October for hanging out with former president George W. Bush.

"Bush was not my idea of a good president, but I never worried he was going to lock up his political opponents, or reporters, or me," said Maher.

"He stood with Obama when Obama took his job. He said, 'We want you to succeed.' If you can't see the difference between that and Trump, Democrats are doomed."

Maher continued that "the single shining truth about democracy" is "sharing a country with a**holes you can't stand."

"Even if the Democrats win everything in 2020, the Republicans will still be here, they're not going to self-deport," said Maher. "They're in Congress, in your office, sometimes your home. Home is where you learn that the three magic words in any relationship aren't, 'I love you.' They're, 'let it go.'"

Elsewhere in the show, Maher said that comparisons between the impeachment hearings into Trump and the Watergate scandal are "very different."

"Watergate, Nixon said, 'I am not a crook.' Trump says, 'I'm a crook, so what?'" Maher elaborated.

Bill Maher on Trump.