Overview
- Maher used Real Time’s New Rules segment on March 6 to contest Trump’s account of their 2025 White House dinner, saying he did not request the meeting, he was not nervous, the visit lasted nearly three hours, and his drink was a margarita.
- He revealed post‑dinner texts in which Trump called him part of the “lunatic left” and claimed he deserved a Nobel Prize, to which Maher replied that he should have 20 Emmys, before Trump ended with “don’t change.”
- Maher said the president has “Bill Maher Derangement Syndrome” and played clips showing past praise for select policies, while also arguing Trump’s conduct can be racist, misogynistic, anti‑democratic, and corrupt.
- Trump had reignited the feud with a rapid series of posts on March 6 attacking Maher, which outlets noted came between updates on the ongoing conflict with Iran.
- Coverage through March 8 centers on Maher’s televised rebuttal and his portrayal of himself as an honest broker, with no new direct response from the president reported.