Comedian Bill Maher said on âClub Randomâ Monday that he would like to have a second dinner with President Donald Trump.
Maher attended a dinner at the White House with Trump in March, along with UFC President Dana White and musician Kid Rock, drawing left-wingbacklash. He said on his podcast that he appreciated Trumpâs willingness to hear him out and not sever ties despite his criticism of the president.
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âI hope to have dinner with him again. And he definitely doesnât like it when you critique him and thinks youâre being unfair, but he is willing to listen,â Maher said. âAnd he totally is not â because I had dinner with him and then didnât become a Trumpist, he will yell at me but does not want to cut me off. He does not want to cut me off, which is something I cannot say about the left. They want to cut you off.â
Maher also said on âReal Time with Bill Maherâ on April 12 that Trump was more approachable than recent Democratic presidents, arguing that it was one of the reasons the party was so disliked.
âHonestly, I voted for Clinton and Obama, but I would never feel comfortable talking to them the way I was able to talk with Donald Trump,â he said during a 13-minute report on the dinner. âThatâs just how it went down, make of it what you will. Me, I feel itâs emblematic of why the Democrats are so unpopular these days.â
âCurb Your Enthusiasmâ creator Larry David wrote a satirical New York Times op-ed published on April 21, likening Maherâs dinner with Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.
Maher denounced the backlash he received on a July episode of his podcast.
âThe stupidest thing the left does â and this dinner is a perfect example of it â is having this attitude toward the right that: âWe wonât even break bread with you. We are so far above you that we wonât even sit down at the same table with you!â That is their attitude â and that makes me sick too!â he said.
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