Bill Maher said President Donald Trump is embracing “socialism” more openly than Democrats, pointing to the federal government’s financial stakes in private companies, according to Mediaite. Maher then connected Trump’s approach to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a longtime advocate for democratic socialism. She noted that Intel had been struggling due to competition from Nvidia before the government took its 9.9% stake. Nippon steel… pic.twitter.com/KwHj93JdQH — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) August 8, 2026Palmeri also pointed out that after the Intel investment, Trump bought stock in Nvidia, which she said rose 200%. She said this meant Trump personally profited from a stock his own government had helped support, calling it “crony capitalism.”