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From Fox News: “Real Time” host Bill Maher revealed details Friday of his meeting last week with President Donald Trump at the White House, saying Trump was more gracious and good-humored than he expected.
“You can hate me for it, but I’m not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured,” Maher said. “And why isn’t that in other settings- I don’t know, and I can’t answer, and it’s not my place to answer. I’m just telling you what I saw, and I wasn’t high.”
Maher mocked those who treated the White House visit like it was “some kind of summit” brokered by their mutual friend Kid Rock, calling them “ridiculous.”
“I have no power. I’m a f—ing comedian, and he’s the most powerful leader in the world!” Maher exclaimed. “I’m not the leader of anything, except maybe a contingent of centrist-minded people who think there’s got to be a better way of running this country than hating each other every minute.”
Maher then humorously said he took with him a printed list of almost 60 insults Trump has said about him over the years. He said he took the list with him because he wanted Trump to sign it – which he did.
Maher shared a replay of his conversations with Trump and the impressions he gained.
“A crazy person doesn’t live in the White House,” he said. “Look, I get it. It doesn’t matter who he is at a private dinner with a comedian. It matters who he is on the world stage. I’m just taking as a positive that this person exists. Because everything I’ve ever not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent at least on this night with this guy.”
Maher said he never felt like he had to walk on eggshells with Trump, and noted that the president looked him in the eye and listened to what he said. He added that even though he voted for Clinton and Obama, he would’ve never felt as comfortable talking to them as he did to President Trump.
“Trump was gracious and measured,” Maher said.
WATCH the full episode below, as Maher tells what it was like to go to the White House and meet with President Trump.
Twelve days ago, I had dinner with President Trump, a dinner that my friend @KidRock set up because we share the belief that there has to be something better than hurling insults from 3000 miles away. pic.twitter.com/KE2t2eyBkI
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) April 12, 2025
Bill Maher reveals Trump was ‘gracious and measured’ at White House meeting, says he’s not the man seen on TV https://t.co/HT2HjT74it
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 12, 2025
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