Bill Maher Dishes On Dinner With Trump, Calls Him 'Gracious And Measured'

The "Real Time" host, who recently lobbed preemptive insults at critics of the meeting, recounted it Friday in a lengthy monologue.

Bill Maher recounted his recent White House dinner with President Donald Trump in a lengthy monologue Friday on HBO’s “Real Time,” and as his prior comments about the sit-down suggested, the longtime critic became somewhat enamored with the MAGA leader.

“Let me first say that, to all the people who treated this like it was some sort of summit meeting, you’re ridiculous,” Maher said Friday at the top of his monologue. “Like I was going to sign a treaty or something? I have no power. I’m a fucking comedian.”

The Democratic pundit sat on a stool for the “Mr. Maher Goes To Washington” segment and presented a piece of paper with all the insults Trump has lobbed at him in the past, and happily announced that the president signed it during their meeting “12 days ago.”

The moment prompted rabid cheers from an audience, which has heard Maher criticize Trump for more than a decade now. Maher confirmed last month that their meeting was officially scheduled, and preemptively countered the backlash at the time by stating, “Fuck you.”

“You can hate me for it, but I’m not a liar,” Maher said Friday. “Trump was gracious and measured. 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, and I wasn’t high.”