What To Know
- Bill Maher mocked Donald Trump’s 1,300-word social media post about their second White House dinner during his Real Time monologue.
- Maher said the dinners were meant to encourage respectful discussion despite their political disagreements.
- He disputed Trump’s claims about their meeting, including that Maher invited himself and opposed U.S. attacks on Iran, but jokingly accepted being called a “major pothead.”
Bill Maher issued a fiery takedown of President Donald Trump‘s wild social media rant after their second White House dinner.
On the Friday, October 30 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the late-night host, 70, took aim at the POTUS, 80, during his opening monologue.
“Did you see the 1,300-word Tweet he sent out?” Maher asked the studio audience. “Longest ever. Kind of a flex.”
He continued, “I tell you, dining at the White House is the opposite of the Cheesecake Factory. After you leave, they review you. He went off on me like Kelly Clarkson at a toy store.”
Maher then quipped, “Eating with Trump is like dating Taylor Swift. It’s a lot of laughs at the time, but later on, they’re tearing you a new a**hole. I tell you that.”
“The whole point of having these dinners was talk — disagree, but listen,” he pointed out. “Which he does in person. Don’t hate each other. And then I go back to my job here, and the heartaches begin.”
Next, the stand-up comedian pulled out a printed copy of Trump’s X rant to “address a few of the allegations.”
Although Maher agreed with Trump’s assessment that he is a “complete and total loser,” the Real Time host showed video evidence of himself agreeing with the U.S. attacks on Iran — contrary to what the president claimed in his post.
“He talks about how I call him incessantly. I’ve never called you! You call me!” Maher insisted. “I’d be afraid to call you. You’re the president, I’d think you’re too busy. Well, plainly not.”
Additionally, Trump wrote that Maher “invited himself to the White House,” to which the comedian argued, “As if you could do that. ‘Sir, Bill Maher is here. Well, he’s not invited, but it’s the law.’”
Maher also refuted Trump’s claim that he had a “seriously bruised eye and nose area” during their meeting, exclaiming, “There are pictures of it that you gave me!”
However, he agreed with the POTUS calling him “a major pothead,” quipping, “I guess the cat’s out of the bag, huh?. Boy, that explains a lot. I thought I was just happy.”
Maher quoted, of Trump, “‘He looked like hell this time. Bill was drunk and had alcohol in his hand’ — that you gave me — ‘as he walked through the White House.’ After pausing to laugh and gather himself, Maher added, “I love this, ‘Overall, I thought it was a good meeting.’”
Real Time With Bill Maher, Fridays at 10/9c, HBO