Scott Jennings, the lone conservative voice on CNN, made his debut on the Bill Maher show this weekend and made quite an impression on Maher’s liberal audience.
Jennings even managed to get a round of applause while talking about Trump’s foreign policy.
He noted that Trump puts the possibility of peace ahead of war and suggested that this is a big part of Trump’s appeal. He framed the issue perfectly, as he often does, and earned an applause break.
Partial transcript via Eric Abbenante on Twitter/X:
Bill Maher: “There is a Trump doctrine now. Now we have the Trump doctrine, I think as much of a departure as any president has promulgated.
Trump in Riyadh: “In the end the so called nation builders wrecked more nations than they built. Interventionists were intervening complex societies that they did not understand.”
Bill Maher: “His doctrine is ‘You do you, we all love money’”
Scott Jennings: “Something about the Republican doctrine that has been fascinating to me. We’ve always been war and peace, Trump has changed it to peace and war. He talks about peace more than he talks about war. They would much rather hear an American president talk about peace. ‘Peace through strength’ on that I think he’s right. Putting peace ahead of war pretty popular among the American people.”
Watch the video:
Scott Jennings receives an applause break from the Bill Maher audience for articulating the ‘Peace and War’ aspect of the ‘Trump doctrine’:
Bill Maher: “There is a Trump doctrine now. Now we have the Trump doctrine, I think as much of a departure as any president has… pic.twitter.com/7xmTCr7QxA— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 17, 2025
In this clip, Jennings talks about how he does his job at CNN in New York while living in Kentucky.
Scott Jennings grins like a Cheshire cat as Bill Maher accuses him of running for Senate in Kentucky:
Scott Jennings: “Washington: There’s a concentration of people there who only talk to each other. They live in this little bubble. The longer you you’re in it, the less you have… pic.twitter.com/zJt2kot4il— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 17, 2025
There are rumors that Jennings may run for Senate in Kentucky when Mitch McConnell retires, that’s what that last comment from Bill was about.
