Bill Maher Responds to Trump’s 1,318-Word Social Rant: “He Went Off on Me Like Kelly Clarkson in a Toy Store”

30, 2026 7:38pm Add us as a Google Preferred Source Bill Maher on 'Real Time.' Screenshot Logo text Bill Maher has responded to President Donald Trump‘s lengthy social media post where he slammed him as a “complete and total loser,” and shared more details about their recent dinner at the White House. During Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian addressed a few of the statements made in Trump’s post. He began the monologue a “big scandal” for a comment he made at a campaign rally saying that Trump has “got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” Maher said, “And the Republicans all said, ‘Leave the Cheesecake Factory out of this!’ Well, I mean, I should know. I just had dinner there. I hear it went well. What have you heard?” The host then asked, “Now, did you 1,300-word Tweet he sent out? Kind of a flex.” He joked that “dining at the White House is the opposite of the Cheesecake Factory. After you leave, they review you.” “He went off on me like Kelly Clarkson in a toy store,” Maher added. “I mean, eating with Trump is like dating Taylor Swift. It’s a lot of laughs at the time, but later on, they’re tearing you a new asshole.” Maher was then handed a printed copy of Trump’s Truth Social post, and began to “address a few of the allegations.” Before that, he noted, “Look, I don’t want it to be this way. The whole point of having these dinners was talk, disagree, but listen, which he does in person, but don’t hate each other. And then I go back to my job here and then the heartaches begin.” “It begins, ‘Let’s talk about the complete and total loser Bill Maher.’ You got me there. I’ll own that,” Maher joked, going on to explain “what pisses me off” is that “he doesn’t even notice what I say,” specifically citing a line in Trump’s post where he wrote, “[Maher] doesn’t think it was a good thing to take the Nuclear Weapon away from Iran, which shows you that he is not very smart.” Real Time then played a series of clips showcasing the opposite of Trump’s claim. Maher then moved on to another section: “Page two, he talks about how I call him incessantly.