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Comedian Patton Oswalt discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> appeal to voters during an interview with Bill Maher on Monday, saying that the president draws “very damaged” people.<\/p>\n

Maher opened the conversation on his “Club Random” podcast<\/a> by saying Trump remains in touch with the younger spirit of the country, despite his age. He added that younger generations, in his view, don\u2019t understand rules and norms, blaming what he called a collapse of the education system.<\/p>\n

“What’s even worse is, you’re talking about what he’s in tune with, he is really, really in tune with that period when you\u2019re really young, and you feel insanely intimidated by the world, so what you have, until you figure out who you are, is just bravado and provocation and being offensive, because you don\u2019t know how else to be,” Oswalt told Maher.<\/p>\n

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Oswalt said that when he was in his 20s, he often said, “this is bulls—,” because he was afraid to admit liking something that might later seem “lame.”<\/p>\n

“That’s how he is every second of the day,” Oswalt said of Trump.<\/p>\n

Oswalt later said Trump appeals to middle-aged Americans who live “under the heel of some boss.”<\/p>\n

“They’ve got no power, and they\u2019re watching people. They watch a boss go, \u2018No one who works in this factory can smoke,\u2019 and he just lights up in front of them,” Oswalt said. “They fantasize about being that guy. And that\u2019s who Trump is, and that\u2019s their fantasy.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“And these people that go, \u2018So he\u2019s saying America First,\u2019 and he just put out a video where he\u2019s dropping<\/a> s—, and in one of the frames the s— drops on the American flag, and people go, ‘Yeah, he can totally contradict himself. That\u2019s power,'” he added.<\/p>\n

Oswalt continued, “There\u2019s a thing that appeals to very damaged people, and there\u2019s a lot of damaged people in this country right now, that have been damaged by the system.”<\/p>\n

He described Trump as a “giant, colicky baby” during the discussion.<\/p>\n

Maher said the president was smart to surround himself with younger people, though he noted he didn’t necessarily support them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Maher cited White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt\u2019s viral response<\/a> \u2014 “Your mom did” \u2014 when a reporter asked who suggested Budapest for Trump\u2019s October meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

Maher laughed as Oswalt said there was something very funny about it, but also something “scary” about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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