Posted on 04/12/2025 2:29:30 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
"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..."
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The HBO host expressed his surprise about how Trump laughs, something he said he had never seen him do in public, telling his audience, "He does, including at himself."
"And it's not fake. Believe me, as a comedian of 40 years, I know a fake laugh when I hear it," Maher said.
Maher credited Trump for being "much more self-aware than he lets on in public," revealing the subject of the 2020 election came up during his tour of the White House and that he "didn't get mad" how Maher brought up Trump's rare admission that he had lost.
"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.
"I've had so many conversations with prominent people who are much less connected, people who don't look you in the eye, people don't really listen because they just want to get to their next thing… None of that was him, and he mostly steered the conversation to ‘What do you think about this?’ I know, your mind is blown. So is mine."
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Bill, I might watch u once.
I watched This interview...
It Is Good.
He tells Extreme libtards
To Piss Off.
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Kudos To Kid Rock.
A couple of thoughts ...
How many writers does he have, 20, 30?
He’s not a very good judge of character if he’s just coming to this realization about Trump.
He’s like a lot of smart ass punks I’ve known - not entertaining just nasty, but that’s what half of the country wants.
Did you read the article? Maher was patting himself on the back while smearing Trump as “a person who plays a crazy person on TV”. Even while praising Trump out of one side his mouth, Maher wouldn’t, out of the other side of his mouth, acknowledge that the MSM is portraying Tump as a crazy person.
Maher is disingenuous and slimy. And he doesn’t deserve a minute of your time.
Trump was negotiating. One of his techniques is to run a charm campaign against his opponent. That’s why he is always saying that he has a great relationship with Putin and Xi. Maher got played.
Bill Maher REVEALS Wild Trump & Kid Rock Dinner Story—No One Expected This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiM8n_nFRlA
In searching for the video of the discussion, I came across this. Very strange fiction of what happened told from Maher’s POV. It’s apparently Chat GPT. I’ve never followed any AI scripts but now it’s sounding like some fake animal stories I’ve heard on YouTube that try to show dangerous animals reacting to interactions with humans in sympathetic, even loving, ways. So maybe I HAVE heard an AI script before. Absolutely fascinating.
I think this is what I was searching for.
Mr. Maher Goes to Washington - Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxlopbcfXpQ
I guess it never occurred to him that the left’s version of Trump is almost completely imaginary and built on non-stop lies and distortions about him. His mind wouldn’t have been blown if he paid attention to the real-life Donald Trump instead of the left’s made-up boogeyman they named “Donald Trump.”
“Trump was gracious and measured,” Maher said. “And why isn’t that in other settings- I don’t know...”
Actually, he is, very much so. As far a Maher not perceiving that, he must not understand that Trump has to fight.
>>”The HBO host expressed his surprise about how Trump laughs, something he said he had never seen him do in public, telling his audience, “He does, including at himself.”
This comment shows how little time Maher’s actually spent watching or listening to Trump. And yet that hasn’t stopped him from passing judgement on the man these past 10 years. Those of us who have actually watched a Trump rally or listened to a Trump speech know that Trump has a sense of humor, laughs, and is able to laugh at himself.
Maher, you could have saved yourself 10 years of ill informed, idiotic anti-Trump rants if you had simply taken the time to listen to what he had to say.
what does PDJT have on Maher, lol.
maybe Maher has a little common sense after all.
He still doesn't understand the reason, that's all. But I think we understand it. Being in public office is a fight, every minute. You have enemies within the state, and you fight them. Other world leaders are essentially competitors for resources, and you have to fight them as well.
Politicians who take office and then become obsessed with being liked and accepted will sell out their country pretty easily, seduced by the sensation of belonging to the Club of the Powerful-- I'm convinced it's why so many of our politicians have sold out America to the Chinese, and the EU, and anyone else who wants a cut. Trump is not like this. He knew he was powerful before he ever entered politics. So he fights, and he doesn't care if his enemies and competitors "like" him.
“the man seen on TV”.. the President Trump I see on TV is a good father, a good leader for our nation, a giving of himself to others, .. the left see what they want to see.
Two alphas meet and enjoy each other’s company... happens.
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