Bill Maher ridicules claims God saved Trump's life - and reveals why he thinks former president survived assassination attempt

Bill Maher has bullied claims that God saved Donald Trump's life during an assassination effort astatine a governmental rally.

The comedian blasted those utilizing nan events of past week arsenic grounds that nan statesmanlike hopeful is being endorsed by a higher power.

He accused Republicans of engaging successful a 'orgy of magical thinking' by suggesting that Trump's endurance was divine intervention.

Instead he stated that nan constrictive flight was down to thing but luck, arsenic he cautioned against sanctifying Trump into a belief figure.

 'Donald Trump, moreover if you for illustration him, is powerful capable arsenic a past president, a apt early president and to beryllium perfectly frank a cult leader - America doesn't request a demigod,' Maher said during his HBO show.

'From nan pharaohs, to Julius Caesar to Hirohito, galore cultures person tried it nan earthly being who is simultaneously divine aliases astatine slightest god-ish and it ne'er turns retired well.

'It's nan 21st century, capable is capable pinch nan interpreting each random motion arsenic a DM from heaven.' 

His comments came aft various conservatives began sharing images of Trump arsenic an angel aliases being saved by nan manus of God.

This included Republican Congressman Mike Collins who said: 'God spared Ronald Regan for a reason. God spared Donald Trump for a reason. God doesn't miss.' 

Former White House main strategist Steve Bannon said that Trump, 'wears nan armor of God'.

While pro-MAGA boxing prima Jake Paul tweeted: 'When you effort and termination God's angels and saviors it conscionable makes them bigger.' 

But Maher called retired nan hypocritical reasoning of claiming that God saved Trump but allowed others specified arsenic Martin Luther King, JFK and John Lennon to die.

'Look nan a**hole who changeable astatine Trump was cowardly, unpatriotic, selfish, vile and anemic and he should rot successful hellhole - but reasoning that God protects your heroes and not excavation that isn't cool either,' Maher added.

'Trump didn't past nan effort connected his life because of divine intervention, he survived because a virgin couldn't deed nan fattest president since Taft,' Maher said of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.

'Make nary correction I'm gladsome he didn't. But Trump is live because he is nan azygous luckiest motherf***ker that ever lived.'

Trump was speaking astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania erstwhile Crooks, 20, opened occurrence connected Saturday.

The slug clipped him connected nan ear, but deed attendee Corey Comperatore who died a while shielding his young girl and woman from nan gunfire.

Crooks was past taken retired and killed by a sniper soon aft he began shooting. Two different group were critically injured during nan incident. 

Trump put retired a connection connected nan shooting connected his Truth Social page wherever he offered condolences to those affected.

'It is unthinkable that specified an enactment tin return spot successful our Country. Nothing is known astatine this clip astir nan shooter, who is now dead. I was changeable pinch a slug that pierced nan precocious portion of my correct ear,' said nan erstwhile president.

'I knew instantly that thing was incorrect successful that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and instantly felt nan slug ripping done nan skin. Much bleeding took place, truthful I realized past what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!'