Stephen A. Smith reveals how his 4-hour meeting with President Trump and Bill Maher concluded: Weeks ago, Trump publicly questioned Smith’s IQ. But with the cameras off, Smith says Trump “could not have been nicer.” But what stunned him most was how the meeting ended after hours of fighting between Trump and Maher. “The biggest thing that he [Trump] deserves credit for and Bill Maher deserves credit for is that they were going at it for hours on things they disagreed about.” “Bill Maher made it a point. ‘Damn right I’m a liberal. I’m proud of it, and I don’t like a lot of your policies,’ and was going down the list with a few of them.” “He said, ‘But it doesn’t mean I have to hate you because of it, nor do you have to hate me.’ And with that, we agreed.” In February, Trump called his 2025 meeting with Bill Maher a “total waste of time.” Earlier today, after this most recent meeting, Trump said Maher “likes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him.”