Maher Mocks Trump's Seashell Conspiracy

0:00On May 2nd, Bill Maher lit into the Trump team's wild claim on his latest real-time show, calling out seashells that spelled out 86. 47, as some kind of death threat to the president. They say James Comey found them on a beach, and 86 means Gerritov, while 47 nods to Trump's potential presidency number. Maher straight roasted it as over-the-top paranoia straight out of Washington. This came right after that failed shooting at the White House correspondent's dinner by a young jeansie guy with a shotgun, knives, and even a manifesto. Full of jokes on recycle paper, he snapped the selfie before heading out, but the whole plot flopped hard. No one got hurt, just folks diving under tables like it was routine. Maher tied it all together. Joking that the shooter must have been activated by Comey's beach find, dubbing him the Manchurian Beach Comer. The crowd cracked up at how the admins spinning every little thing into a conspiracy, especially with political violence popping up again. Guests like California Governor Gavin Newsom, New York Times columnists,

1:03Brett Stevens, and Financial Times writer Gillian Tet were there, but Maher owned the monologue, blending it with shutdown gripes and TSA woes for that classic mix. In the end, it's Maher reminding us how comedy cuts through the noise, keeping the absurdity of DC drama front and center without missing a beat. From the spotlight, powered by AI, this is Entertainment and celebrity news today. I'm Corey with The Story.