Bill Maher Responds To Trump’s 1,300-Word Screed
Comedian Bill Maher responded to a 1,300-word tirade President Donald Trump posted online Oct. 25 accused him of being "drunk" during a dinner, among many other things.
Spencer Lombardo · Oct 31, 2026 · 4 min read
Comedian Bill Maher responded to a 1,300-word tirade President Donald Trump posted online Oct. 25 accused him of being “drunk” during a dinner, among many other things.
“Eating with Trump is like dating Taylor Swift: a lot of laughs at the time, but later on they’re tearing you a new asshole,” Maher said on a Friday episode of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher.” The criticism arose despite Maher having a second dinner at the White House with Trump and musician Kid Rock on Oct. 15.
Neither the White House nor HBO immediately responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.
Eating with Trump is like dating Taylor Swift. A lot of laughs at the time, but later on they’re tearing you a new asshole. https://t.co/VmphvHkf01
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 31, 2026
“Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher,” Trump wrote at the start of his antagonizing post on Truth Social.
“You got me there. I’ll own that one,” Maher subsequently responded during his show, holding a printout of the post to push back on a selection of Trump’s claims.
“When I have watched the show, which isn’t often, it always ends with dishonesty, about me at least, but, who cares?” Trump’s post continued.
“Yeah, ‘who cares?’ Three pages of ‘who cares,'” Maher retorted.
“He doesn’t think it was a good thing to take the Nuclear Weapon [sic] away from Iran, which shows you that he is not very smart,” Trump’s post continues.
Maher dismissed that claim, saying he was “one of the few people on the ‘lunatic Left’ who’s glad you hit Iran.”