Comic and longtime Donald Trump critic Invoice Maher credited the president as being “one of the most effective politicians” days after having dinner with the commander in chief on the White Home.
Maher provided his uncommon reward for Trump’s authenticity on his common “Club Random” podcast on Sunday throughout a dialog with NewsNation journalist Chris Cuomo.
“Trump really … is one of the most effective politicians … whatever you think of the policy and him as a person,” the 69-year-old conceded.
“Just as a politician just understanding that [you should] always lean in to being more who you are,” he continued.
“The people are not savvy about issues but they smell a phony a mile away and that kind of s–t, nobody else does it.”
The lefty comedian has been roasting the president for practically a decade since Trump entered the political sphere — however joined him for a non-public dinner on the White Home final week that was organized by Trump supporter and musician Child Rock.
Throughout Sunday’s episode, Maher praised Trump’s political prowess in comparison with the Democrats’, regardless of disagreeing with him on most points.
“You know, he has those moments that no other politician has. And the Democrats have to find that guy,” Maher admitted. “But let’s be real — they’ve been searching for years, and they’re still coming up empty.”
One second he particularly recalled was when Trump threatened the Taliban chief after former President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
“When he did that thing where the guy came in from the Taliban and he said, ‘This is an aerial picture of your house. If during our withdrawal one American is hurt, just know I know where you live,’” Maher mentioned.
“I was like, ‘Oh, can we just play the music now? Because I don’t care it’s Donald Trump and he’s the worst person ever, blah, blah, blah – I f–king love that!,” he mentioned.
The “Real Time” host additionally credited Trump’s enchantment to common voters for his relatability.
“One time they were doing something, something was going on and he said, ‘You know what? When you come after New York, you gotta go through me.” It’s like, oh — hometown boy,” he remarked.
Child Rock, whose authorized identify is Robert James Ritchie, instructed Sean Hannity final week that Maher appeared nervous about his first go to to the White Home.
At one level in the course of the dinner, which UFC President Dana White additionally attended, Trump requested if he’d like a drink, to which Maher jokingly replied that he’d take a margarita. Trump then had the White Home workers put together one for him.
“We basically stuck to things that we agreed on,” Rock mentioned in regards to the dialog.
“They both have extremely deep knowledge of American history, both very smart guys, and you know, very reasonable people, even though they’ve had this pretty harsh relationship. It was cool.”
