Trump Posts 1,300-Word Truth Social Attack on Bill Maher After Second White House Dinner
Photo: Washington TimesPresident Donald Trump posted a rant of more than 1,300 words on Truth Social on Sunday night attacking HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher, days after hosting him for a second dinner at the White House. Outlets counted the post at between 1,318 and 1,323 words. Trump called Maher a "complete and total loser," said he arrived drunk, called him insecure and a liar, and mocked his ratings and his show's laugh track. The post followed Friday's episode, in which Maher joked about the dinner, made a crack about Trump's past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and called Trump's actions on the Russia-Ukraine war unconscionable. Kid Rock and Stephen A. Smith also attended the dinner. Trump wrote that Maher was friendly after the first dinner but "reverted" afterward and that the second show was far worse.
The right-leaning Daily Wire frames the post as Trump breaking a promise not to say "mean" things. It ties the post to former press secretary Karoline Leavitt's Friday appearance on the show and relays Trump's claim that Maher's friend Chuck LaBella worked as a gofer on "The Apprentice." The Washington Times offers only a short line calling it a lengthy post. HuffPost on the left leads with the size of the rant, calling it wild, and with the insults, then sets them against Maher's Epstein and Ukraine jokes. Both sides quote Trump's opening "loser" line and the ratings jabs. The A.V. Club, an independent outlet, differs by mocking Trump and Maher alike and quoting Maher's defense of the dinners.
How the sides differ Right sources stress Trump's broken promise not to be mean and his Apprentice claims; left sources stress the rant's length and insults; alternative sources mock both men.
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HuffPost leads with the length and insults of Trump's Sunday rant, quoting his name-calling at length and noting Maher's Friday jokes about Epstein and Ukraine that preceded it.
The A.V. Club writes a sardonic column mocking both Trump and Maher, quoting Maher's defense of his dinners and noting the post's record-breaking word count.
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The Daily Wire stresses that Trump attacked Maher despite promising not to be mean, and quotes his claims about LaBella and The Apprentice. The Washington Times gives a brief summary.