Craig Cannon

Bill Maher admits he was amazed by Trump’s patience and says there are “so many moments” where he gets it. MAHER: “He’s just so imperious when he’s out of the White House, and when he’s there, the TOTAL OPPOSITE.” “He never pulls rank. No matter how flippant I get, he never goes, ‘How dare you say that in the White House?’” “I mean, I can talk to him just like I talk to any guy at a bar.” “There are so many moments where he gets it.” Stephen A. Smith described a similar experience about the dinner, saying Trump “could not have been nicer,” just weeks after taking a shot at his IQ.

Bill Maher’s audience audibly gasps when he reveals the only person who lacked etiquette at the Trump dinner was HIMSELF, and that Trump couldn’t have treated him any better. MAHER: “I’m glad that we talked. And by the way, if anyone lacked etiquette at that dinner, it was ME.” “I brought Stephen A. Smith. He was perfect, on point. ‘I give myself an A-plus for choosing him.’” “But me... Trump never lost his temper. He never yelled. He never interrupted. I did. I could not have been treated better if I was Russian.” Moments earlier, Maher told critics in the news media that he went face to face with the man and said the things they’re only brave enough to write in articles he’ll never read. His message for them: “You know what? F*ck you, I like these dinners!”

Bill Maher makes Democrat Governor Andy Beshear go quiet after he complains Trump never does anything positive for Kentucky. Beshear tried to play the sensible Democrat who reaches across the aisle. Maher exposed the most basic form of diplomacy he doesn’t even try. BESHEAR: "If he [Trump] is doing something that’s positive for Kentucky, I need to give voice to that if I’m going to have any legitimacy opposing him when he does something negative for Kentucky. I just really wish he’d do something positive for Kentucky. MAHER: "Well, yeah. But honestly, having a personal relationship, I think, helps." "I’ll tell you something interesting. This time we were waiting outside the Oval Office... and there’s a table that a lot of places have where they put, like, publications... The one I noticed was not there was the New York Times." "Now, maybe it was 7 o’clock at night and maybe everyone had already taken one. I think it’s just that he does not read it. So you can put all the editorials you want in the New York Times. I just don’t think it matters." "You know what sentence never came up at the dinner? 'I read an interesting piece in the Atlantic.' ... So you have to go where the person is. This is a people person. 'People are saying.' You got to get in there and be one of the people saying because he’s not going to read it in the New York Times." It’s amazing how many Democrats still fail diplomacy 101: talk to the guy in charge. They claim to want change and screech to “oppose Trump,” yet never once attempt to be cordial or bother to pick up the phone to sway his decisions.

Michael Malice is floored when Jamie confirms Zohran Mamdani's New York City budget is BIGGER than the entire state of Florida's. Florida has THREE TIMES the people, and NYC still outspends it. ROGAN: "You see, Mamdani is trying to figure out a way to use his budget. His budget is higher than the budget of the entire state of Florida, which has three times more people." MALICE: "No, it's not. Is it really?" ROGAN: "Yes, it is. Yeah." MALICE: "No way!" ROGAN: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look it up... New York City's budget... is more than the budget for the entire state of Florida, which has roughly three times as many people living in it." MALICE: "Holy… is that true, Jamie?" ROGAN (reading): "Eye-popping amount… insider called 'insanity'… a record $127 billion budget proposal... The socialist city leader's plan includes a whopping 9.5% proposed property tax hike on New Yorkers, which he claims would be a last resort, while allocating another $1.2 billion for migrants. MIGRANTS!" MALICE: "What's the Florida budget, Jamie?" [Malice sees the numbers] MALICE: "HOLY SH*T!" ROGAN: "Yeah, triple per capita. So the Florida House budget is $113.6 billion to $115 billion (proposed), and the New York proposal is $127 billion. So it is more." MALICE: "Holy crap!" CONTEXT: New York City's current budget is $125,800,000,000 for about 8.5 million people. Florida's is $117,600,000,000 for about 23 million. That's roughly $14,800 per New Yorker versus $5,100 per Floridian. Of that, the city budgeted $1,200,000,000 for migrants this year. That's about $45,000 per migrant for the 26,500 living off taxpayer funds.

Bill Maher tells critics he’s not sorry about dining with Trump again: “F*CK YOU, I LIKE THESE DINNERS!” MAHER: “Yeah, I did it again, bitches. I know I’m the bad guy because I go and say face-to-face with the man the things you write in articles that he’ll NEVER READ, but okay, I — you know what? F*CK YOU, I like these dinners!” “There was just something thrilling about being announced when you’re in the White House... and you hear the aide say, ‘Sir, your 7 o’clock low-ratings dummy is here.’” According to Stephen A. Smith, who was at the dinner, the four-hour meal between Maher and President Trump got very heated. In the end, the two agreed they could disagree without hating each other, and they parted on good terms. After the meeting, Trump said Maher “likes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him.”