Bill Maher Gets “Honest” With Donald Trump About President’s Successes and Failures: “I Have Every Right to Say So in a Democracy”

Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Nearly three weeks after Donald Trump spent part of his Valentine’s Day lashing out at Bill Maher , claiming that he wasted his time having dinner with the Real Time host last year, Maher offered a detailed rebuttal, complete with clips, of just where he stands with the president, revealing that he has both criticized and praised him. At the end of his New Rules segment, Maher said that despite what the president wrote on Truth Social, he doesn’t “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Instead, the comedian says, the president, who has continued to post to social media about Maher as recently as Friday amid an ongoing conflict with Iran, has “Bill Maher Derangement Syndrome.” Related Stories Movies Ben Stiller Asks White House to Remove 'Tropic Thunder' From Iran War Propaganda Video Movies 'Melania': First Lady's Doc Sets March Debut on Prime Video After Quietly Wrapping Theatrical Run First Maher corrected some facts from Trump’s Truth Social post about the dinner, noting he didn’t ask for it, he was invited by their mutual friend, Kid Rock, on his podcast, and that he “had a drink before dinner and then a couple more during.” “I was having a good time,” he said. “So were you, Don, because we were talking like real humans, not like that crazy act you put on in public, but I know that’s what you do. You are, if anything, a man who wears his heart on his sleeve. And so you did here, listing your accomplishments and how hurt you feel that people, including me, have not recognized them enough. I understand that feeling.” He went on to explain that shortly after the dinner Trump texted him “complaining I was still part of the lunatic left” and insisting that he should have “won a Nobel Prize for ending wars.” Maher said he replied with, “Yea...