{"id":692064,"date":"2026-10-24T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=692064"},"modified":"2026-10-24T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:24:01","slug":"i-like-these-dinners-bill-maher-still-gushing-over-white-house-visit-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=692064","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I like these dinners\u2019: Bill Maher STILL gushing over White House visit with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It now appears that President Donald J. Trump has completely won over one of his most savage critics, with comic and social critic Bill Maher still gushing about a recent White House dinner with the GOP leader.<\/p>\n

Maher and his fellow celebs Kid Rock and Stephen A. Smith recently sat down to break bread with Trump, who was a gracious host during the trio\u2019s visit, and after years of what seemed to be a terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, the leftist comedian may have found that the cure is simple hospitality and a willingness to listen.<\/p>\n

The presence of Maher and Smith at the dinner has chafed leftists, but the old-school liberal doesn\u2019t care, and he defended sitting down with Trump on Friday\u2019s edition of \u201cReal Time With Bill Maher\u201d on HBO.<\/p>\n

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Bill Maher tells critics he\u2019s not sorry about dining with Trump again:<\/p>\n

\u201cF*CK YOU, I LIKE THESE DINNERS!\u201d<\/p>\n

MAHER: \u201cYeah, I did it again, bitches. I know I\u2019m the bad guy because I go and say face-to-face with the man the things you write in articles that he\u2019ll NEVER READ, but okay, I \u2014 you know what? F*CK YOU, I like these dinners!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was just something thrilling about being announced when you\u2019re in the White House\u2026 and you hear the aide say, \u2018Sir, your 7 o\u2019clock low-ratings dummy is here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Stephen A. Smith, who was at the dinner, the four-hour meal between Maher and President Trump got very heated. In the end, the two agreed they could disagree without hating each other, and they parted on good terms.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, Trump said Maher \u201clikes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Vigilant Fox \"\ud83e\udd8a\" (@VigilantFox) October 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYeah, I did it again, bitches. I know I\u2019m the bad guy because I go and say face-to-face to the man the things you write in articles that he\u2019ll never read, but okay, I \u2014 you know what?\u201d Maher told the audience. \u201cF**k you, I like these dinners.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, you\u2019re in the White House. There\u2019s just something thrilling about being announced when you\u2019re in the White House. That moment when you\u2019re outside the Oval Office, and you hear the aide say, \u2018Sir, your seven o\u2019clock, low ratings dummy is here,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

Maher continued to generously dole out the praise.<\/p>\n

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Bill Maher admits he was amazed by Trump\u2019s patience and says there are \u201cso many moments\u201d where he gets it.<\/p>\n

MAHER: \u201cHe\u2019s just so imperious when he\u2019s out of the White House, and when he\u2019s there, the TOTAL OPPOSITE.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe never pulls rank. No matter how flippant I get, he never goes, \u2018How dare you say that in the White House?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I can talk to him just like I talk to any guy at a bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many moments where he gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen A. Smith described a similar experience about the dinner, saying Trump \u201ccould not have been nicer,\u201d just weeks after taking a shot at his IQ.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Vigilant Fox \"\ud83e\udd8a\" (@VigilantFox) October 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just so imperious when he\u2019s out of the White House, and when he\u2019s there, the total opposite,\u201d he said. \u201cHe never pulls rank. No matter how flippant I get, he never goes, \u2018How dare you say that in the White House?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I can talk to him just like I talk to any guy at a bar,\u201d Maher gushed. \u201cThere are so many moments where he gets it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the dinner, Trump said that Maher \u201clikes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him\u201d despite years of zinging him on social media.<\/p>\n

Maher had initially gotten together with Trump in early 2025 after he took office for his second term.<\/p>\n

\u201cA crazy person doesn\u2019t live in the White House. A person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there, which I know is f**ked up, but it\u2019s not as f**ked up as I thought it was,\u201d he explained to his audience at the time.<\/p>\n

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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. https:\/\/t.co\/KE2t2eyBkI<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Maher (@billmaher) April 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maher\u2019s special guest on Friday was former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and during their one-on-one conversation<\/a>, he reverted to form by criticizing Trump over his treatment of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, a man who is fawned over by Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I think what he\u2019s doing with Russia is unconscionable,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd Lindsey Graham was the guy who always talked him out of that. If Lindsay Graham was alive, I just don\u2019t think that Trump would be doing the stuff he\u2019s doing, basically putting a knife in the back of Zelensky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maher also praised Trump over reversing course on the plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass murdering terrorist Nidal Hasan.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody talked him out of that,\u201d he said. \u201cHe does listen. When he\u2019s in that White House, he looks you in the eye, he never interrupts, he never gets mad, he listens.\u201d<\/p>\n

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