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Bill Maher Mocks Trump's 1,300-Word Twitter Tirade
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In Short: 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 described it as a 'longest ever' post, comparing the president to Taylor Swift.
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 described it as a 'longest ever' post, comparing the president to Taylor Swift.
Maher pulled out a printout of the tweet, which he said was 'a little long,' and began to address some of the allegations. '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,' Maher said.
The comedian was visibly dumbfounded as he read through Trump's post. 'Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag now. Boy, that explains a lot. I thought I was just happy,' Maher remarked. He continued, '“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.” “I understand he’s doing his thing. I never took it personally,”' Maher recited, clearly taken aback by the content.
Maher also addressed Trump's claims about his incessant calls, saying, 'He talks about how I called him incessantly.' 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.
The host'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. 'Now, did you see the 1,300-word Tweet he sent out? Longest ever. Kind of a flex. I tell you, dining at the White House is the opposite of the Cheesecake Factory. After you leave, they review you,' Maher quipped.
Following his second date with Trump, Bill Maher is once again shocked at the ungentlemanly behavior of the twice-impeached POTUS. 'You got me there. OK, I’ll own that one,' Maher said, acknowledging the president's criticism.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Trump, 80, likely expected praise from Maher, 70, since the men had recently dined together at the White House. 'My first response was, “Fellas, this guy’s a Goofball,”' Trump wrote, adding that he thought Maher was a 'complete and total loser.'
What this adds
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.
Variety noted that Maher opened his new episode of Real Time by addressing Trump’s tirade, comparing the president to Taylor Swift.
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
- “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.
- Maher's chummy relationship with Trump has made him an outlier among his peers, many of whom have been in the president’s crosshairs.
- Maher has maintained a chummy relationship with Trump, making him an outlier among his peers.