Bill Maher won’t be invited to dine at the White House again, now that his latest episode of HBO’s Real Time has set off President Trump.
During Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the host’s monologue took shots at Trump’s EPA rolling back climate change regulations (“the single-largest deregulation action in American history; also the biggest d*ck move”), as well as the president claiming to not understand a single word Bad Bunny sang during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
But it was Maher’s remarks about a February 10 Truth Social posting by Trump that apparently really set off the comedian’s onetime White House dinner host.
While sitting with guests Stephanie Ruhle (of MS NOW) and retired Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster (former National Security Advisor to Trump), Maher read aloud Trump’s Truth Social post that criticized Canada’s negotiating of a new trade deal with China.
“[Canadian] Prime Minister Carney… wants to make a deal with China, which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers,” said Maher, reading from Trump’s posting. “The first thing China will do is terminate all ice hockey.”
Upon getting to that part, Maher asked his guests, “What the f*ck is he talking about?
“I can usually suss out something in this,” Maher marveled. “But…. Why would China take over, destroy hockey?”
Trump, in a Saturday-morning response to Maher, used nearly 500 words to claim that he was just kidding.
First, Trump recounted his and Maher’s April 2025 dinner at the White House. (Maher drew fire at the time for cozying up to Trump. As part of his defense, he said afterwards on Real Time, “A crazy person doesn’t live in the White House. A person who plays a crazy person a lot on TV lives there”—which didn’t help his cause much.)
“Bill Maher asked to have dinner with me through one of his friends, also a friend of mine, and I agreed,” Trump socialed on Saturday morning. “He came into the famed Oval Office much different than I thought he would be. He was extremely nervous, had ZERO confidence in himself…. He said to me, ‘I’ve never felt like this before, I’m actually scared.’ In one respect, it was somewhat endearing!”
In Maher’s first Real Time episode following that dinner, “he was very respectful about our meeting,” Trump wrote. “With everything I have done in bringing our Country back from ‘OBLIVION.’ why wouldn’t he be? But then I noticed his show started to devolve into the same old story — Very boring, ANTI TRUMP, no mention of the PERFECT Border, Lowest Crime in 125 years….” (Trump rattled off many accomplishments, true-ish and arguably false.) But since Maher doesn’t pay them enough lip service, “It was a total waste of time for me to have this jerk at the White House.”
Trump then went on to explain what his “China will terminate all ice hockey” post was really about.
“After explaining what a DISASTER Canadian ‘Leaders’ are to deal with, how Canada has ‘ripped off’ the United States for years on TRADE (But not anymore!), I jokingly stated in a TRUTH that, ‘The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup.’ Well, [Maher] went on and on about the Hockey statement, like ‘What kind of a person would say such a foolish thing as this,’ as though I were being serious when I said it.”
“Fortunately, his Television Ratings are so low that nobody will learn about his various Fake News statements about me,” Trump continued. “He is no different than Kimmel, Fallon, or Colbert”—most of whom the sitting president has repeatedly targeted during his second term—”but, I must admit, slightly more talented! Anyway, Bill Maher is a highly overrated LIGHTWEIGHT, and Republicans should stop using him to show how the Left is coming over our way. Our Base, the Greatest of All Time, laughs at your weakness when you do it!”
In closing, Trump signaled that he will honor neither Maher’s interest in a second White House dinner, or any other such invite.
“I’d much rather spend my time MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN than wasting it on him,” Trump wrote. “Bill continues to suffer from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS!), and there is nothing that will ever be done to cure him of this very serious disease.”
Read Trump’s latest screed in full below:
This is what bending the knee and kissing Drumpf’s unwiped ass will get you! Humiliated and far, far lesser of a man than before!
Enjoy your pariah status, loser!
yep, not worth it
Yuck. You have such a way with “words.” They will patch things up.
Bill is a scream! He has one of the most brilliant and comdedic minds of today. I hope Mr. Trump realizes what an American Treasure Bill truly is.
Jesus! Doesn’t anyone moderate these comments?
I suggest you try!
“‘The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup.“China will do it to show their authority in Canada. Once their military becomes Canada’s military. Go bless.