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Bill Maher Mocks Trump's 1,300-Word Tweet on 'Real Time'
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In Short: Maher's reaction to Trump's tweet was met with a big reaction from the Real Time crowd, as they could be heard gasping in surprise, loudly laughing, and thunderously applauding.
Bill Maher addressed Donald Trump's record-setting 1,300-word tweet on Friday's episode of Real Time, calling it 'kind of a flex.' The comedian noted that the tweet was 'three pages of who cares,' and pulled out a printout to read it aloud.
Maher, known for his acerbic wit, reacted to the tweet by saying, 'Look, I have it here. I don’t want it to be this way. This whole point of having these dinners was talk, disagree but listen, which he does in person. But don’t hate each other.'
The tweet, which Maher described as 'a little long,' came after a dinner between the two earlier this month. Maher said, 'Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag now. Boy, that explains a lot. I thought I was just happy.' He then read aloud from Trump's post, 'Bill had alcohol in his hand, that you gave me, as he walked through the White House, and then — I love this — Overall, I thought it was a good meeting.'
Maher continued, 'I understand he’s doing his thing. I never took it personally.' He also addressed Trump's claims about his incessant calls, saying, 'He talks about how I called him incessantly.'
The Real Time crowd reacted strongly to Maher's handling of the tweet, gasping in surprise, loudly laughing, and thunderously applauding. The episode was widely reported, with Deadline, Variety, and Ewtnnews all covering the segment.
Maher's chummy relationship with Trump has made him an outlier among his peers, many of whom have been in the president’s crosshairs. The Los Angeles Times reported that Maher has avoided the same fate as his peers by railing on Trump only half as much as they do, leaning into various MAGA grievances about the 'woke' left and forging a fair-weather friendship with the second-term president.
Maher's reaction to Trump's tweet was met with a big reaction from the Real Time crowd, as they could be heard gasping in surprise, loudly laughing, and thunderously applauding. The host said, 'I don’t know, is he a wolf in sheep’s clothing, or is he just a wolf in a wolf’s clothing?'
The episode also featured Kid Rock, who was at the dinner, telling Maher he was 'pretty high' at the White House. Maher's reaction to Trump's tweet was widely reported, with Deadline, Variety, and Ewtnnews all covering the episode.
Background
Bill Maher addressed Donald Trump's record-setting 1,300-word tweet on Friday's episode of Real Time, calling it 'kind of a flex.' The tweet, which Maher described as 'three pages of who cares,' followed their dinner earlier this month.
Maher's reaction to Trump's tweet was met with a big reaction from the Real Time crowd, as they could be heard gasping in surprise, loudly laughing, and thunderously applauding.
What's confirmed
- The host then pulled out a printout of the tweet, which he noted was “a little long,” describing it as “three pages of ‘who cares?'” “Look, I have it here. I don’t want it to be this way. This whole point of having these dinners was talk, disagree but listen, which he does in person. But don’t hate each other. And then, I go back to my job here, and then the heartaches begin,” said Maher.
- On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian reacted to Trump’s record-setting 1,300-word tweet disparaging Maher as a “complete and total loser,” following their dinner earlier this month.
- Following his dinner with Trump and Kid Rock last year, which the president called a “ total waste of time,” Maher reunited with the group and Stephen A.
- What have you heard?” The host then asked, “Now, did you see the 1,300-word Tweet he sent out?
What's still developing
- Following his second date with Trump, Bill Maher is once again shocked at the ungentlemanly behavior of the twice-impeached POTUS.
- “In any event, over the last few years, LaBella would call me nonstop to say, ‘Hello,’ be very nice, and tell me how much Bill Maher ‘loves’ and respects me, and would constantly ask of me, even before I was President, for any form of meeting with Maher and, would I do his show?” he wrote.
- In his tweet, he slammed the NBA player as ‘spoiled.’ He accused LeBron of acting like a ‘victim.’ Mark Levin wrote: Brandon Tatum also called out James for not standing still during the anthem.
- Jeremiah Smith spent Saturday afternoon doing the kind of stuff that makes a five-word LeBron James tweet feel like a perfectly reasonable reaction.
- “My first response was, ‘Fellas, this guy’s a Goofball,'” Trump wrote.
- Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 3:09 AM ET Updated 3:07 AM ET · 2:33 AM ET Confirmed In Short: Variety noted that Maher opened his new episode of Real Time by addressing Trump’s tirade, comparing the president to Taylor Swift.
- Bill Maher proving again how easily he is used and manipulated in his old age.
- Maher has become real desperate to get some of the Theo Von/Joe Rogan crowd to continue relevant.
- I doubt that Maher doesn’t feel complete by not having an Emmy.
- He really has abandoned his core values of what drove his persona the last 30 years.