Bill Maher dishes on Trump dinner and reveals what the president gifted him: Liberal sphincters just tightened
Comedian Bill Maher revealed what surprised him most about his much-hullabalooed dinner with President Trump — as he joked that his takeaways may cause “liberal sphincters” to tighten.At the outset of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, the eponymous host delivered a lengthy monologue about his meeting with the commander in chief that left him unexpectedly charmed.“Everything I’ve not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent.
At least on this night, with this guy,” Maher, 69, said, appearing somewhat shocked by his own conclusions.“I never felt I had to walk on eggshells around him.And honestly, I voted for Clinton and Obama, but I would never feel comfortable talking to them the way I was able to talk with Donald Trump,” the talk show host said, adding, “Make of it what you will.”Admitting that he went in with guns blazing, Maher described how he printed out a list of insults that Trump had hurled his way over the years, including barbs such as “sleaze-bag” and “low-life dummy” — to see if the president would autograph the digs.
“I brought this to the White House because I wanted him to sign it, which he did … with good humor,” Maher said, holding up the Trump-signed sheet of paper as the audience broke out into applause.“And I know, that as I say that, millions of liberal sphincters just tightened,” Maher quipped.The comedian also revealed that President Trump gifted him several MAGA hats, which are stored in the same room where former President Bill Clinton allegedly had trysts with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.However, he said he felt no pressure to “go MAGA.”The HBO host proceeded to deliver staggeringly positive reviews of Trump, harping on the graciousness the president showed behind closed doors, even in the face of challenging and sometimes abrasive critiques.“I’ve had so many conversations with prominent people who are much less connected.People that don’t look you in the eye...