Comedian Bill Maher fired back at critics on the left who were upset about his recent meeting with President Donald Trump and said he “should be a hero” for his visit rather than the “villain.”
During his appearance on the “2 Angry Men” podcast, the HBO host and longtime Trump critic admitted he didn’t have “great hope” that talking to the president “will change anything,” but he said he had to try.
“I had the opportunity to go to the White House and talk to the president,” Maher said. “And not give up my principles. It seems like nobody noticed that. I didn’t go MAGA (Make America Great Again).”
“I had the opportunity to talk to Donald Trump and to say the things to him that maybe he never hears,” he added. “Literally, to speak truth to power. I shouldn’t take that opportunity? Again, don’t do that? Okay.”
“Should I lie about how I found him?” Maher continued, noting that people have been unhappy with him for sharing that he wasn’t the “monster” people see in public. “I’m proud that I was able to go into the White House and say to the President of the United States and look him in the eye and say, ‘You’re scaring people … I should be a hero for going there and doing those things and saying those things to the president.”
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Maher said there are two ways a person can go to the White House, like he did or how Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Michigan) did, noting the ridiculous viral pictures of the governor hiding her face with binders while in the Oval Office.
On his HBO “Real Time with Bill Maher” show, the host detailed his dinner with Trump, labeling the president “gracious and measured,” as RedState reported. Maher previously revealed that he agreed to a request from singer Kid Rock to have dinner with him and Trump, “Because we share a belief: That there’s gotta be something better than hurling insults from 3,000 miles away.”
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“To all the people who treated this like it was some kind of summit meeting … you’re ridiculous,” Maher said. “I have no power. I’m a f**king comedian, and he’s the most powerful leader in the world! I’m not the leader of anything except maybe a contingent of centrist-minded people who think there’s got to be a better way of running this country than hating each other every minute.”
“You can hate me for it, but I’m not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured,” the comedian added. “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 laughs, including at himself. And it’s not fake. Believe me as a comedian I know a fake laugh when I hear one. I thank you for them,” Maher continued. “I’ve had so many conversations with prominent people who were much less connected. People who don’t look you in the eye, people who don’t really listen. None of that with him.”
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