...and lives to tell the tale. Bill Maher, a vocal Trump critic, had dinner with the President and spent several hours with him in the White House.  His impressions were rather surprising and I am sure disappointing to those who cannot stand Trump:

 

Here's a link to a transcript of what Maher said

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/04/12/bill-maher-donald-trump-full-monologue/83055277007/

I think Mr. Trump has done more damage to the USA than any other person in history, including enemy leaders.

I didn't mind Maher's account of his meeting.

It doesn't change how Trump is performing as president one bit.

I was surprised that he does laugh. His public persona doesn't laugh. 

The assassin cult will further distrust Bill! This is what they/ them’s democracy looks like now!

Just now, riclag said:

The assassin cult will further distrust Bill! This is what they/ them’s democracy looks like now!

 

But he's on their team though. Awkward.

 

 

Did you see Bearnies reaction on CNN the other day about the they them.

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

...and lives to tell the tale. Bill Maher, a vocal Trump critic, had dinner with the President and spent several hours with him in the White House.  His impressions were rather surprising and I am sure disappointing to those who cannot stand Trump:

 

Rogan podcast shows Trump well. His critics are just sour dems

4 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

But he's on their team though. Awkward.

 

 

Did you see Bearnies reaction on CNN the other day about the they them.

I’ll take a look! Was he trying desperately to quell  the hatful rhetoric from the Assassin Cult. 

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I think Mr. Trump has done more damage to the USA than any other person in history, including enemy leaders.

I didn't mind Maher's account of his meeting.

It doesn't change how Trump is performing as president one bit.

I was surprised that he does laugh. His public persona doesn't laugh. 

That was an interesting part of Maher's take on the evening. He thinks that IF the Trump he met could be the same when in public.... things would go differently.

But TBH I have heard the same from many sources. Trump, in person and at ease without cameras around, is a genuinely funny and charming guy. He has the ability to make people relax and is shockingly genuine. It was fascinating to hear Maher say that he wouldn't have felt nearly as at ease in a dinner with Obama or either of the Clintons, even though he voted for them and aligns with them politically. I guess private Trump is just comfortable in his own skin and stops being a politician. 

Bill Maher had a surprise dinner with President Donald Trump at the White House, which he described as a more relaxed and self-aware version of the president compared to his public persona. Maher reported that Trump acknowledged their private conversation would not change his public image, and that he would continue to criticize the administration in his commentary. The dinner, which was also attended by Kid Rock and UFC CEO Dana White, was described as going well.

Bottom line -- so what?

Does not change ANYTHING.

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Bottom line -- so what?

Does not change ANYTHING.

Trump nice guy

You miserable

Just proof of what I have been saying.... the only people more despised than Trump are the dems because they are always so nasty and negative. 

You may have felt many dubious historical people were charming. In some ways it makes his appalling cabinet choices and the substance of many of his important decisions all the more confounding, cold, and dubious. 

34 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

You may have felt many dubious historical people were charming. In some ways it makes his appalling cabinet choices and the substance of many of his important decisions all the more confounding, cold, and dubious. 

Dubious is gonna dubious.

1 hour ago, Hanaguma said:

That was an interesting part of Maher's take on the evening. He thinks that IF the Trump he met could be the same when in public.... things would go differently.

But TBH I have heard the same from many sources. Trump, in person and at ease without cameras around, is a genuinely funny and charming guy. He has the ability to make people relax and is shockingly genuine. It was fascinating to hear Maher say that he wouldn't have felt nearly as at ease in a dinner with Obama or either of the Clintons, even though he voted for them and aligns with them politically. I guess private Trump is just comfortable in his own skin and stops being a politician. 

.While psychopaths can pretend to be friendly and charming for a short time, their true nature is aggressive. Psychopaths are more likely to hold racist, sexist, or misogynistic views toward others, and treat people in malicious or unkind ways.

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/signs-of-a-psychopath/

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

Just proof of what I have been saying.... the only people more despised than Trump are the dems because they are always so nasty and negative. 

Right you are .More justification of why they/ them

have a 20somethin% favorable rating!

A Bunch of useful village  idiots,

4 more years pause and the other brain dead install “I can’t think of anything I would do differently”.

3 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

...and lives to tell the tale. Bill Maher, a vocal Trump critic, had dinner with the President and spent several hours with him in the White House.  His impressions were rather surprising and I am sure disappointing to those who cannot stand Trump:

 

 

I saw this.

I find this guy....

 

VERY BORING....

 

He is FAR too FULL of himself....for my liking....

Solly.

 

54 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I saw this.

I find this guy....

 

VERY BORING....

 

He is FAR too FULL of himself....for my liking....

Solly.

 

 

What would you expect? He is just a tad more intelligent than the average liberal douchebag and always thinks he is always the smartest man in the room. The atypical pseudo intellectual. 

2 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

You may have felt many dubious historical people were charming. In some ways it makes his appalling cabinet choices and the substance of many of his important decisions all the more confounding, cold, and dubious. 

Ah yes those appalling cabinet picks like Bessent, Rubio, Ludnick....not to mention the terrible policy of cutting illegal immigration by 93%, deporting alien criminals, halting the social cancer of DEI, and bringing more than a trillion dollars of investment.

 

Truly terrible. 

7 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Ah yes those appalling cabinet picks like Bessent, Rubio, Ludnick....not to mention the terrible policy of cutting illegal immigration by 93%, deporting alien criminals, halting the social cancer of DEI, and bringing more than a trillion dollars of investment.

 

Truly terrible. 

Not only that but cutting Cancer research too , that will save some money ....

and I believe it was Children's Cancer research , why spend money on them

they can have another one when that one dies ... sarcasm... but  i think that's

what they think .....otherwise they would not do it ,

 

regards worgeordie

 

 

41 minutes ago, Hanaguma said:

Ah yes those appalling cabinet picks like Bessent, Rubio, Ludnick....not to mention the terrible policy of cutting illegal immigration by 93%, deporting alien criminals, halting the social cancer of DEI, and bringing more than a trillion dollars of investment.

 

Truly terrible. 

Not a fan of Bessent or Ludnick but could be worse.. Rubio is what he is .. I'm talking Kennedy, Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard for a start, throw in McMahon given her role ..so many other positions .. start with Bongino.. removal of so many good people.. so much experience lost at the top and throughout a range of departments .. implications still to be felt 

 

Not everything bad as Maher said - aspects of immigration, some extreme gender and other stuff that was never a big deal in the scheme of things but fascinates and disturbs an obsessed Maga crowd, but lots and lots and lots of bad that has been discussed in numerous threads such as the tariff debacle that seemed to bore Maher but is a huge deal of course... 

The "buffoon" persona is just an act. Maher has been one of the most vociferous Trump critics over the years, but he is smart enough to understand that this angle doesn't work, and to admit that there is more to the guy than what has been shown in the media. There are quite a few people here who would be well advised to pay heed:

 

Maher praises ‘gracious and measured’ Trump after White House visit

 

“I went into the mine, and that’s what’s down there. A crazy person doesn’t live in the White House, a person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there, which I know is f—– up. It’s just not as f—– up as I thought it was,” Maher told the audience.

“That’s my report. You can hate me for it, but I’m not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured. And why he 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,” he concluded.

 

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5246225-bill-maher-donald-trump-white-house-visit/

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

 

What would you expect? He is just a tad more intelligent than the average liberal douchebag and always thinks he is always the smartest man in the room. The atypical pseudo intellectual. 

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just Another guy who has a big following that thinks he is the...

 

SMARTEST MAN IN THE ROOM....and....

 

He is just TOO PROUD of the fact.

 

You NAILED it.....BIG TIME....!!!!