President Donald Trump lashed out at Bill Maher in a 1,300-word Truth Social post on Sunday after tuning into Maher’s late-night show on HBO.
“Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher,” Trump wrote at the top of the post, a few days after the pair’s second dinner together at the White House.
Trump went on to call “Real Time With Bill Maher” a “Low Rated Show” and said HBO, once a home for quality programming in his view, had lost its heat. He also claimed Maher had long wanted him as a guest on the program, and said that would never happen.
Much of the post dealt with the latest dinner, which Trump said Stephen A. Smith and Kid Rock also attended. Trump alleged that Maher was drunk and had a drink in hand while touring the White House. He also called Maher a “major POTHEAD” and said the comedian “looked like hell this time.”
“It didn’t last four hours, it lasted two hours, maybe less, and everybody was happy,” Trump wrote. “We have the timestamps. I learned nothing, and felt it was a waste of time.”
Trump placed responsibility for both meetings on Chuck LaBella, a business associate of Maher’s who he said had worked as a “gofer” on NBC’s “The Apprentice.” According to Trump, LaBella and Kid Rock repeatedly pushed for a sit-down, and LaBella phoned 10 times before the second dinner was arranged.
“My first response was, ‘Fellas, this guy’s a Goofball,’” Trump wrote.
The president also disputed points Maher had made on air since the visit. He rejected Maher’s comments on his approval numbers and support among Republicans, citing CNN polling that he said put him at 98% to 99% within the party, and defended his endorsement record. He also took issue with Maher’s views on Iran and accused him of lying about illegal voting in California.
Trump denied ever planning a pool for the press briefing room. “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,” he wrote.
Trump praised former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for her appearance as a guest on “Real Time,” though he described the person putting questions to her as a “biased, dumb SLEAZEBAG.” He told Maher to switch off what he called his “Laugh Machine” and said he would ask Republicans to stop covering the comedian.
“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,” Trump wrote.
Maher first dined with Trump at the White House in late March 2025, at a meeting brokered by Kid Rock, and afterward described the president on “Real Time” as “gracious and measured.”