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Yahoo
31-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Donald Trump confirms he's meeting Bill Maher as a favor to a friend
President Donald Trump says he is meeting with comedian and frequent critic Bill Maher as a favor to his pal, Kid Rock. Kid Rock announced last week that he organized a meet-up between Trump and Maher to'break bread' and to try to 'unite the country.' Now, the president confirmed he will see his on-screen critic face-to-face after being contacted by the musician. '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 wrote on Truth Social on Sunday evening. 'I really didn't like the idea much, and don't like it much now, but thought it would be interesting.' 'The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc.,' Trump continued. 'Who knows, though, maybe I'll be proven wrong? In any event, I'm doing a favor for a friend.' Trump added: 'I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!' Maher previously explained how the meeting came to be on his podcast Club Random. 'Kid Rock was here a couple of weeks ago, and he said, 'I want you to meet Trump,'' he noted. 'He said, 'I'm gonna take you to the White House.' So now we're gonna do that.' The meeting comes more than a decade after Trump filed a $5 million lawsuit against Maher after he joked that Trump was the son of an orangutan, referring to his hair color. The Real Time host also recently compared his dinner with the president to Richard Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972, but admitted his visit wouldn't be able to 'heal' the country. 'I'm doing it because first of all, it was presented as… maybe this is a beginning to heal America. Now, I don't have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America, I can't. Let's get that clear. I'm not going to be healing America,' Maher said on The Chris Cuomo Project podcast last week. 'But if two guys who've been at each other for so long — I mean, it's kind of a Nixon-to-China thing. I have the credentials,' the comedian continued. Maher, a self-described 'old school liberal', then referred to his criticism of both Trump and the Democrats. 'Nobody who was harder on Trump or more prescient about the fact that he wasn't going to leave office voluntarily than I was,' Maher said, adding that the public respects him 'because I'm honest about the woke train to crazy town.' 'It's an honor to be invited to the White House,' the comedian told Cuomo.


The Independent
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Donald Trump confirms he's meeting Bill Maher as a favor to a friend
President Donald Trump says he is meeting with comedian and frequent critic Bill Maher as a favor to his pal, Kid Rock. Kid Rock announced last week that he organized a meet-up between Trump and Maher to'break bread' and to try to 'unite the country.' Now, the president confirmed he will see his on-screen critic face-to-face after being contacted by the musician. '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 wrote on Truth Social on Sunday evening. 'I really didn't like the idea much, and don't like it much now, but thought it would be interesting.' 'The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc.,' Trump continued. 'Who knows, though, maybe I'll be proven wrong? In any event, I'm doing a favor for a friend.' Trump added: 'I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!' Maher previously explained how the meeting came to be on his podcast Club Random. 'Kid Rock was here a couple of weeks ago, and he said, 'I want you to meet Trump,'' he noted. 'He said, 'I'm gonna take you to the White House.' So now we're gonna do that.' The meeting comes more than a decade after Trump filed a $5 million lawsuit against Maher after he joked that Trump was the son of an orangutan, referring to his hair color. The Real Time host also recently compared his dinner with the president to Richard Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972, but admitted his visit wouldn't be able to 'heal' the country. 'I'm doing it because first of all, it was presented as… maybe this is a beginning to heal America. Now, I don't have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America, I can't. Let's get that clear. I'm not going to be healing America,' Maher said on The Chris Cuomo Project podcast last week. 'But if two guys who've been at each other for so long — I mean, it's kind of a Nixon-to-China thing. I have the credentials,' the comedian continued. Maher, a self-described 'old school liberal', then referred to his criticism of both Trump and the Democrats. 'Nobody who was harder on Trump or more prescient about the fact that he wasn't going to leave office voluntarily than I was,' Maher said, adding that the public respects him 'because I'm honest about the woke train to crazy town.' 'It's an honor to be invited to the White House,' the comedian told Cuomo.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Trump says he's looking forward to meeting Bill Maher despite comedian's frequent criticism
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he wants to meet with comedian Bill Maher in the White House despite his misgivings about the HBO host's withering criticisms over the years. "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 wrote in a post on Truth Social. "I really didn't like the idea much, and don't like it much now, but thought it would be interesting." Maher, the host of "Real Time" who has called for progressives to better understand Trump's broad support, has said that he is honored to accept an invitation for a private meeting at the White House and believes that it may be a way of helping to "heal America." Kid Rock was a guest on Maher's program last month. Bill Maher Says It's An 'Honor' To Be Invited To The Trump White House, But He's Not 'Leaving In A Maga Hat' "Now, I don't have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America," Maher said. "Let's get that clear, I'm not going to be healing America." "It's kind of a Nixon-to-China thing," he added. Read On The Fox News App Trump explained in his post that he is meeting with Maher as a "favor to a friend" despite the possibility that the comedian will use the event to attack him in the press. "The problem is, no matter how much he likes your 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,'" Trump wrote in his post. "Who knows, though, maybe I'll be proven wrong?" Bill Maher Reveals He's Going To Meet Trump At The White House "In any event, I'm doing a favor for a friend," he wrote. "I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!" Maher has stood out on the late-night circuit with his weekly HBO show as a staunch anti-Trump progressive who nevertheless calls out "woke" excesses on the left. But he has emphasized that he does not anticipate his meeting with Trump will turn him into a Trump supporter. "If they expect me to be leaving in a MAGA hat, they're gonna be very disappointed," Maher said earlier this month. "But I know they don't. It probably will accomplish very little, but you gotta try, man, you gotta try." Fox News' Alexander Hall contributed to this report. Original article source: Trump says he's looking forward to meeting Bill Maher despite comedian's frequent criticism
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Trump Rips Bill Maher Ahead of His Big White House Visit
Bill Maher will be at the White House, and President Donald Trump isn't thrilled about it. Trump went on a lengthy Truth Social rant against the comedian on Sunday as he explained that he only agreed to meet with Maher as a favor for musician Kid Rock. '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 began. 'I really didn't like the idea much, and don't like it much now, but thought it would be interesting,' he added. 'The problem is, no matter how much he likes your Favorite President, ME, he will publicly proclaim what a terrible guy I am, etc.' Trump said he expected Maher to behave like the Democrats who protested his speech to a joint session of Congress earlier this month, which was beset by heckling from Texas Rep. Al Green and featured multiple other stunts by Democratic lawmakers who wanted to make their opposition known. 'Who knows, though, maybe I'll be proven wrong?' Trump said. '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. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!' In a recent episode of The Chris Cuomo Project podcast, Maher likened his impending visit to President Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972, which ended decades of icy relations between the two countries. 'Now, I don't have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America, I can't. OK, let's get that clear. I'm not going to be healing America,' Maher said. 'But if two guys who've been at each other for so long—I mean, it's kind of a Nixon-to-China thing. I have the credentials. There was nobody who was harder on Trump or more prescient about the fact that he wasn't going to leave office voluntarily than I was." Maher earlier said he was going to 'be respectful' and wear a suit and tie to the White House affair.


Fox News
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Trump says he's looking forward to meeting Bill Maher despite comedian's frequent criticism
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he wants to meet with comedian Bill Maher in the White Hofuse despite his misgivings about the HBO host's withering criticisms over the years. "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 wrote in a post on Truth Social. "I really didn't like the idea much, and don't like it much now, but thought it would be interesting." Maher, the host of "Real Time" who has called for progressives to better understand Trump's broad support, has said that he is honored to accept an invitation for a private meeting at the White House and believes that it may be a way of helping to "heal America." Kid Rock was a guest on Maher's program last month. "Now, I don't have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America," Maher said. "Let's get that clear, I'm not going to be healing America." "It's kind of a Nixon-to-China thing," he added. Trump explained in his post that he is meeting with Maher as a "favor to a friend" despite the possibility that the comedian will use the event to attack him in the press. "The problem is, no matter how much he likes your 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,'" Trump wrote in his post. "Who knows, though, maybe I'll be proven wrong?" "In any event, I'm doing a favor for a friend," he wrote. "I look forward to meeting with Bill Maher, Kid Rock and, I believe, even the Legendary Dana White will be present. It might be fun or, it might not, but you will be the first to know!" Maher has stood out on the late-night circuit with his weekly HBO show as a staunch anti-Trump progressive who nevertheless calls out "woke" excesses on the left. But he has emphasized that he does not anticipate his meeting with Trump will turn him into a Trump supporter. "If they expect me to be leaving in a MAGA hat, they're gonna be very disappointed," Maher said earlier this month. "But I know they don't. It probably will accomplish very little, but you gotta try, man, you gotta try."