“Now that we’re staring to see some hope in all this,” Maher said, broadly addressing the media, “don’t hope-shame me.”

“The problem with non-stop doom and gloom is it gives Trump the chance to play the optimist,” Maher noted, before showing a shot of Obama’s iconic 2008 “HOPE” campaign poster. “And optimists tend to win American elections.”

Recalling FDR’s famous “only thing we have to fear is fear itself” line, Maher went on to say: “As full of shit as he is, I could see Trump riding that into a second term and then there will be no hope left for you to shame.”