March 8, 2026, 11:48 a.m. ET
Bill Maher is hitting again as President Donald Trump continues to bash him on social media.
On the March 6 episode of “Real Time,” the comic addressed the truth that he was the topic of a number of of Trump’s Truth Social posts earlier within the day. Without remark, the president shared multiple news articles protecting his earlier remarks slamming Maher as a jerk.
After mentioning that these posts had been coming amid the United States’ conflict with Iran, Maher expressed bewilderment and stated, “This is getting weird.”
Trump beforehand lambasted Maher in a Truth Social submit in February, saying it was a “total waste of time” for the 2 to have dinner collectively on the White House in 2025. The dinner was arrange by their mutual good friend Kid Rock, and Trump complained that Maher’s HBO present has been “very boring” and “ANTI TRUMP” ever since they sat down collectively.
On his newest episode, Maher devoted a phase to responding to Trump’s submit. He alleged that Trump texted him “soon after” their dinner final 12 months to complain that “I was still part of the lunatic left” and say that Trump “should have won a Nobel Prize for ending wars,” to which Maher stated he responded, “Yeah, and I should have won 20 Emmys.”
According to Maher, he and Trump “argued for a while” by way of textual content, and Trump “ended by saying, ‘Bill, you know what? Don’t change. I wouldn’t know what to do with you if you did.’ “
“OK, that’s the normal human being I saw the night we broke bread, and as long as I think there’s even a spark of a possibility of bringing that guy out more, I will not consider the dinner a waste of time, even as I now see we’re back to name calling,” Maher stated.
Maher objected to a number of of the claims Trump made in his Truth Social submit in regards to the dinner, sustaining that regardless of what the president stated, he did not “ask for” the dinner, he wasn’t “nervous” or “scared,” and it wasn’t a “quick” sit-down.
“I was having a good time,” Maher stated. “So were you, Don, because we were talking like real humans, not like that crazy act you put on in public.”
Maher went on to point out clips of him giving Trump credit score for some issues he has executed in workplace for instance that he does not endure from “Trump derangement syndrome” just like the president has claimed, although he argued Trump is affected by “Bill Maher derangement syndrome.” Maher famous he has defended his determination to have dinner with Trump, at the same time as some on the left criticized him for doing so.
“Despite all the hate I got from my side, I never threw you under the bus and said, ‘Oh, you’re right, I shouldn’t have ate steak with Hitler,’ because that’s stupid,” Maher stated, addressing Trump.
At the identical time, Maher informed Trump that there is “lots of stuff you do that is not my idea of success, and I have every right to say so in a democracy.”
Maher beforehand addressed Trump’s submit about him on the Feb. 20 episode of “Real Time.” The comic stated he “didn’t think” his dinner with Trump was a waste of time and steered Trump was upset as a result of he anticipated Maher would cease criticizing him after their assembly.
“I never said I would!” Maher stated. “I know how women feel now: A guy buys you dinner and then expects you to put out. I’m not that guy.”
