Trump reveals his biggest gripe with Bill Maher ahead of showdown with the liberal critic at the White House

Donald Trump has revealed his biggest problem with comedian Bill Maher ahead of their scheduled face-off at the White House. 

The president has agreed to meet with Maher in a summit brokered by their mutual friend, Kid Rock. But on his Truth Social page, he expressed concerns about the upcoming meeting.

‘I got a call from a very good guy and friend of mine, Kid Rock, asking me whether or not it would be possible for me to meet, in the White House, with Bill Maher, a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything or anyone Trump,’ the president lamented Sunday night.

‘I really didn’t like the idea much, and don’t like it much now, but thought it would be interesting,’ he continued before revealing what he thought would be the biggest issue.

‘The problem is, no matter how much he likes our Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc., very much like the Democrats at my recent Address to the Joint Session of Congress, where I stated, correctly, that no matter what I said or did, they wouldn’t stand, they wouldn’t applaud, they wouldn’t smile or laugh and certainly they wouldn’t be in any way “nice.”‘

Still, Trump suggested he is excited for the summit.

‘Who knows, though, maybe I’ll be proven wrong?’ he wrote. ‘In any event, I’m doing a favor for a friend. 

‘I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present,’ Trump concluded.

President Donald Trump has revealed his biggest problem with comedian Bill Maher ahead of their scheduled face-off at the White House

The president has agreed to meet with the Real Time with Bill Maher in a summit brokered by their mutual friend, Kid Rock

In a Truth Social post Sunday night, Trump expressed concerns about the upcoming summit

‘It might be fun, or it might not, but you will be the first to know,’ he vowed. 

The post came shortly after Kid Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, announced he was going to take the Real Time with Bill Maher host for a visit to the White House on Glenn Beck’s show.

‘I’m actually going to try and unite this country and I’m starting at the end of the month, I’m taking Bill Maher to the White House for dinner,’ he said, noting that Maher ‘has done nothing but talk smack about the president since day one.’

The ‘Picture’ crooner then went on to say he wanted to broker the meeting to send a message of ‘unity’ to Americans.

Similarly, Maher told fellow comic Andrew Schultz in an episode of his podcast Club Random that debuted on Sunday that the meeting is happening. 

‘Kid Rock was here a couple of weeks ago, and he said, “I want you to meet Trump.” He said, “I’m gonna take you to the White House.” So now we’re gonna do that,’ Maher said.

Schultz then asked Maher whether he worried about criticism from other liberals over the meeting. 

‘There will be lots of people on the left who will be like, “How dare you talk to this man.” It’s like “f**k you, I’m not playing this game that you mean girls play,”‘ Maher replied. 

Kid Rock said he wanted to broker the meeting to send a message of ‘unity’ to Americans

‘”Oh, you know what? You can’t sit at my lunch table, because I’m just not talking to you.”

‘Not talking to you? You lost the election,’ Maher said he would tell the liberal critics. ‘Who the fuck do you think you have to talk to?’ 

The Real Time host has long insulted Trump – even before his formal entry into politics, with a lawsuit launched by the president in 2013 over claims made by the comedian that Trump’s father was an orangutan. 

He also recently ripped into a Trump supporter guest on his show as he pressed her to admit the first seven weeks of his second term have ‘gone really badly.’ 

The talk show host got into the fiery argument with journalist and author Batya Ungar-Sargon on his Friday night show, saying her fervent support for Trump ‘makes no sense.’ 

‘We don’t have time to f*** around, I’ve got to go right at you,’ Maher said to Ungar-Sargon as he began the panel segment of his show. 

‘When I first read you, you were a conservative Republican, but not crazy,’ he said. 

‘Like I read you in Newsweek, Time magazine, and I’m not saying you’re crazy now, but you went from just a conservative leaning right to a Trump supporter, someplace I would never go.’ 

The Real Time host has long insulted Trump – even before his formal entry into politics

Ungar-Sargon responded, ‘the night is young, Bill’, to which he said: ‘It is not ever going to be that young. 

‘And I’m just wondering what you think now,’ Maher continued. ‘We’re approaching two months in. 

‘I mean, you must have a feeling in your gut, look me in the eye and tell me you don’t (think) that this is really going badly, and I shouldn’t have thrown my lot in with this team.’ 

Ungar-Sargon, the deputy opinion editor of Newsweek, responded to Maher’s taunt that she felt ‘the opposite.’ 

‘I feel proud,’ she said. ‘I was never a Republican or a conservative. I was a leftist and I am still a leftist. I’m just a MAGA leftist now.’ 

‘That makes no sense,’ Maher countered. 

But Maher has also been outraged by the ‘woke’ excesses of liberals.

He even recently expressed support for Trump’s decision to get rid of the Department of Education. 

Meanwhile, Trump hit out at Maher as a ‘befuddled mess, sloppy and tired’ as recently as late 2024.

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