Bill Maher mocks Trump's 1,300-word Truth Social post over their White House dinner

On Friday's episode of HBO's "Real Time," Bill Maher responded to a 1,300-word Truth Social post in which President Donald Trump called him a "complete and total loser" after their second White House dinner earlier this month. Maher read portions of the post to his audience, held up a printed copy and jokingly agreed with the "loser" label. He said the post was the longest Trump had ever sent to Truth Social and joked that dining at the White House is like the Cheesecake Factory, where "after you leave, they review you." Maher said the point of such dinners is for the two men to discuss their differences in a civil setting. Fox News reported that Trump's post reversed his earlier assessment of the dinner.

Fox News, the right-leaning outlet, leads with Maher's mockery and the restaurant-review joke, headlining it as Maher "hitting back" and stressing Trump's reversal. It features Maher's Kelly Clarkson line and links to related pieces on Maher firing back at liberal critics. Raw Story, the left-leaning outlet, frames the story as Maher rebutting a Trump claim in his first comments since the attack, but the text available here is only a staff biography, so its details cannot be compared. TMZ and The Hollywood Reporter, the alternative sources, emphasize celebrity comparisons: TMZ highlights the Taylor Swift line, while THR adds the Kelly Clarkson quip and Maher's remarks on Obama's Cheesecake Factory comment. All sides agree on the core facts: Maher's Friday response, the 1,300-word post and the dinner. They differ in emphasis: Fox centers Trump's reversal, Raw Story centers the rebuttal, and the alternative outlets center the jokes.