Trump attacks Bill Maher in 1,300-word Truth Social post days after White House dinner

Left · 2President Donald Trump posted a 1,318-word message on Truth Social on Sunday 25 October 2026 attacking Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, calling the comedian a "COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER". 1 2 Left · 2The post came only days after Trump and Maher dined at the White House with Stephen A. Smith and Kid Rock, a dinner Trump had called "a great dinner" and said he had "actually" liked Maher. 1 2 Left · 1In the post, Trump described Maher's show as "Low Rated" on an equally low-rated HBO, said Maher lies "about everything", and accused Maher of using a laugh machine because the jokes "aren't funny". 1

Left · 2Trump wrote that Maher and producer Chuck LaBella had pressed him for meetings and for an appearance on the show, which he said "won't happen", and that Maher "invited himself to the White House" for their first dinner in March 2025. 1 2 Left · 1Trump disputed Maher's account that the latest dinner lasted four hours, writing that it lasted "two hours, maybe less" and that "We have the timestamps". 1 Left · 2He also made personal remarks, saying Maher "was drunk and had alcohol in his hand" at the White House and calling Maher or LaBella a "pothead"; The Hollywood Reporter said it was unclear which person Trump meant. Trump also called Maher a "coward" and a "dumb sleazebag", and said he would have Republicans "not cover you anymore". 1 2

Left · 2The post followed Friday's episode of Real Time, in which Maher joked about the dinner ("I was there for dinner for four hours last week, and not a peep") and said Trump has "the lowest approval rating of any midterm candidate ever". 1 2 Left · 2Trump rejected that claim, citing polls and saying that a CNN poll showed him at 98 and 99 percent support among Republicans; the Mirror said this was not true of Maher's remarks and quoted Trump's wording in full without independent verification of the poll figure. 2 1 Left · 1The Mirror reported that Maher's guest on the same episode was former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, whom Trump praised as "great" in the post; it also noted that Trump once sued Maher over a joke that Trump's father was an orangutan. 2

Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter said it had asked Maher's representatives for comment; neither outlet reported a response. 1