President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering, 1,300-word broadside against HBO host Bill Maher on Truth Social, denouncing the comedian as a complete, total loser, a sleazebag, and a major pothead who looked like hell during their most recent White House dinner.
The extended online essay, which Factba.se later identified as Trumps longest social-media post on record, was triggered by Mahers latest monologue on Real Time, in which the 70-year-old liberal commentator mocked the presidents political standing and ridiculed their October 15 dinner as interminable. According to The New York Post, Maher had claimed that Trump has the lowest approval rating of any midterm candidate ever and joked that their four-hour meal outlasted Katie Zacharias brief tenure as press secretary, a jab that clearly struck a nerve with the president.
Trump opened his 1,322-word salvo with a characteristically unvarnished attack on Mahers career and network, portraying both as relics of a bygone era. Lets talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher. Hes got a Low Rated Show on equally Low Rated HBO, which was once, long ago, a Network of Quality and Excitement But thats all gone. Its not HOT anymore! he wrote, casting Maher as emblematic of a declining liberal entertainment establishment that has lost touch with mainstream America.
From there, Trump pivoted to a behind-the-scenes figure, producer Chuck LaBella, who worked with Maher on the now-defunct ABC program Politically Incorrect and previously on Trumps NBC hit The Apprentice. Mahers friend and business associate, Chuck LaBella, was also a friend of mine, worked on The Top Hit Show, The Apprentice, as a gofer and, because of the success of that show, Number One and Top Rated on many weeks, with the Finale being among the Top Shows of the Year, he was automatically and quickly brought up through the Ranks of NBC, along with everyone else associated with that Historic Happening, Trump said, underscoring how his own success in entertainment elevated the careers of those around him. Trump emphasized that The Success of the Apprentice was so great that everyone partook It built many careers, and that is a wonderful thing. Some people say it even built my career, because I became President (I would have won without it!), framing his reality-TV tenure as a springboard not only for his staff but for his eventual rise to the Oval Office.
In that context, LaBella becomes a bridge between Trumps media past and Mahers current platform, a connection the president uses to argue that even Mahers inner circle once admired him. According to Trump, LaBella repeatedly contacted him over the years to convey Mahers supposed admiration and desire for a meeting, long before Trump entered the White House.
Trump claimed LaBella would call him to relay 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. When I became President, I agreed to meet, after the first one, and the last one, but never agreed to do his show, which he wants me to do, DESPARATELY It wont happen! Trump added, insisting that Mahers program ends with dishonesty and portraying himself as the one holding the leverage. The president then turned to the specific claim that set off his tirade: Mahers assertion that Trump has lowest approval rating of any midterm candidate ever. Trump accused the comedian of relying on fake polls and countered with survey data he said proved his dominance within the Republican Party, using even hostile media as his evidence.
I have high ratings, and more importantly, he said that Im losing the support and approval of the Republican Party, when, in fact, CNN just came out with a Poll showing that Im at 98 and 99% support within the Republican Party, an All Time Record High. Ronald Reagan was at 86%, Trump wrote, casting himself as more popular among Republicans than the conservative icon of the 1980s. He went further, citing additional CNN polling to bolster his claim that Maher had misled his audience about Trumps standing in GOP history.
CNNs Harry Enten also said I am The Most Influential President of the Last Century. CNN did another Poll at who was the Most Popular Person in the History of the Republican Party, and I won that, too, with me being at 53%, Ronald Reagan being at 18%, and Abraham Lincoln being at 8%, and these are CNN Polls, people not exactly in love with me, so, Bill Maher lied, but he lies about everything, and I believe he lied to me when I asked him, with all the applause and laughter he gets after almost everything he says, about things that arent funny or even any good, what Laughter Machine does he use? People cant think hes funny. Trumps post then shifted from poll numbers to personal anecdotes, recounting the two dinners Maher has attended with him, both at the White House.
Trump, Maher, musician Kid Rock, and UFC president Dana White shared a meal on March 31, 2025, followed by a second dinner on October 15 that included Maher and ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith, encounters that Trump now portrays as largely one-sided attempts by Mahers camp to gain access and influence.
The president claimed LaBella and Rock called him incessantly about arranging the first meeting with Maher, whom Trump initially dismissed as a goofball. They said, He wants to go down to the White House, be with you, and talk. He said youre very smart, but youre not into the Liberal Platform. Will you start thinking about it? Trump recounted, suggesting Maher and his associates were hoping to nudge him toward a more progressive agenda.
Trump claimed Maher invited himself to the White House and described the comic as very nervous during their first encounter, adding, He asked for a drink. He was very insecure, and he had a seriously bruised eye and nose area, as though somebody had just beaten him up But it wasnt me! The president said that after the initial dinner, he was inundated with roughly 10 calls from LaBella whom he again labeled a gofer in an effort to secure a second meeting.
It seemed that these guys were serious, and wanted to learn more, because their Policies are so bad, its ridiculous! Trump said, casting himself as the teacher and Mahers circle as chastened liberals seeking guidance from a successful conservative leader. Trump also claimed he wanted to warn Maher about his lifestyle, calling the comedian a major pothead and insisting that such habits are very bad for his health.
He looked like hell this time, Trump said of Mahers appearance at the second dinner. Bill was drunk and had alcohol in his hand as he walked through the White House, he added, referring to the gathering with Kid Rock and Stephen A. Smith and painting a picture of a visibly disheveled and intoxicated guest in the nations most important residence.
In Trumps telling, the evening itself was far more modest than Maher later suggested on air. Overall, I thought it was a good meeting. It didnt last four hours, it lasted two hours, maybe less, and everybody was happy, Trump said, directly disputing Mahers claim about the length of the dinner. We have the timestamps. I learned nothing, and felt it was a waste of time. After the first dinner, Bill Maher was friendly, I guess, everyone walked away pleased. He gave me a good first show, with lots of Laughing Machine laughter, which is a real term, but it is what it is, and then reverted back to his former self, and his old ways. I understand that.
Trumps assessment of Mahers character grew harsher as the post went on, with the president asserting that the HBO host isnt a nice guy and is someone who has to cater to his base, which is mostly composed of Losers. Its why, for so long, I didnt get another call from Chuck LaBella, and I didnt miss him one bit. After the second dinner, Bills show was far worse than the first. He went crazy! Hes gutless, because he enjoyed every minute, Trump wrote, accusing Maher of playing to a radicalized audience that demands relentless attacks on conservatives. The immediate spark for Trumps fury, beyond the polling jab, was Mahers interview with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during which the comedian mocked reports that Trump might relocate the press corps.
Maher asked, So I see now [Trump] wants to get rid of the press pool in the White House and make it into an actual swimming pool? I am not building a swimming pool in the White House Briefing Room, and never had any intention of doing so, Trump responded in his post, calling the claim false and clarifying his actual plan. I am thinking about moving the Press, and putting them in a different location, but I will use that location for very badly needed space.
Trump accused Maher of using his platform to attack our Great Republican Candidates, while reserving praise for Leavitts performance under hostile questioning. Karoline Leavitt was GREAT on the show, but she started with a biased, dumb SLEAZEBAG, asking questions. She defended me, and herself, so well, but couldnt be comfortable going against Lie after Lie, Trump wrote, framing the exchange as yet another example of a conservative woman forced to endure a barrage of liberal misinformation on a left-leaning network.
The president also charged Maher with misleading viewers about election integrity, particularly in deep-blue California, a state conservatives have long criticized for lax voting safeguards. Importantly, Bill lied about all of the Illegal Voters in the Radical controlled, decrepit, and devastated State of California. Just in the last few days alone, they found 20,000, and the number could easily go to over 1,000,000. There were so many other falsehoods Bill spewed, but I wont waste time in FACT CHECKING him. He isnt worth it. In Trumps telling, Mahers refusal to acknowledge such irregularities is part of a broader liberal effort to downplay or dismiss concerns about election security.
As the post neared its end, Trump urged Maher and LaBella not to contact him again and returned to one of his recurring themes: that Mahers show relies on artificial applause and canned laughter to prop up weak material. Youre also a coward who is afraid to tell the truth about how well our Country is running because of your few fans, and how badly the Dumocrats have done, almost destroying the U.S.A. If I hadnt won the Election, it would be DEAD! Trump said, using his preferred epithet Dumocrats to underscore his contempt for the current Democratic leadership. Also, turn your Laugh Machine off, its a joke when they laugh uncontrollably, even when you say nothing funny, and Im going to have the Republicans not cover you anymore, because they try to talk about you as a guy who is transformative. Youre not transformative, youre a Loser!
Trump vowed to boycott Mahers program entirely, dismissing it as part of a broader ecosystem of biased media that misleads the public about his record and the state of the country. I never watched your show much, but I will never watch it again, because it is nothing more than FAKE NEWS that America, and the World, is unfortunately subjected to. He signed off the record-breaking post in his customary fashion, Thank you for your attention to this matter, a formal closing that belied the ferocity of the preceding attack.
Factba.se, a platform that tracks Trumps public statements, later confirmed that the 1,300-word essay was his longest post ever out of 97,455 cumulative social media posts since 2011. It was roughly 600 words longer than his previous record, a September 30 message in which he praised South Korea for launching $200 billion in new investments in the United States, underscoring how deeply Mahers comments appeared to irritate him. Maher, for his part, has not directly responded to Trumps lengthy rebuttal, at least not beyond the original monologue that sparked it.
In that segment, the comedian boasted to his audience, Yeah I did it again bitches, referring to his decision to dine once more with the president despite the predictable backlash from his liberal fan base. Trumps public denunciation of Maher came just two days after he had struck a far more conciliatory tone when speaking to White House reporters about the same dinner.
At that time, he described the gathering as productive and even complimentary toward his guests, suggesting that his private irritation had not yet boiled over into the full-scale tirade that would follow. It was a very informative dinner, he said. Smart people.
He even went out of his way to praise Maher personally, alongside Stephen A. Smith, before the HBO hosts on-air remarks prompted a change in tone.
Stephen A. is great. Bill Maher I tell you what. He likes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him. It was a good dinner. That earlier assessment now stands in stark contrast to Trumps subsequent portrayal of Maher as a dishonest, insecure entertainer propped up by a Laugh Machine and a left-wing base mostly composed of Losers, highlighting once again how quickly the president is willing to escalate when he believes the liberal media has crossed a line.
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