\n President Donald Trump has just penned his longest Truth Social post ever, according to a CNN analysis and a third-party tracking firm.\n <\/p>\n
\n The topic of the president\u2019s essay? Not the midterm election or the Middle East conflict. The post is about his complicated relationship with HBO comedian Bill Maher.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cBill: Don\u2019t call anymore,\u201d Trump wrote toward the end of an emotional 1,323-word diatribe that started by calling Maher a \u201ccomplete and total loser\u201d in all caps.\n <\/p>\n
\n The lengthy post also included some genuine news: Trump confirmed recent reports that he has considered evicting the reporters who cover him from the White House workspace that the press corps has used for decades.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI am thinking about moving the Press, and putting them in a different location, but I will use that location for very badly needed space,\u201d Trump wrote.\n <\/p>\n
\n But most of the president\u2019s post was in response to Friday\u2019s edition of HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d which was Maher\u2019s first episode since dining with Trump at the White House on October 15.\n <\/p>\n
\n The following day, Trump said it was a \u201cgreat dinner\u201d and said Maher \u201clikes me a lot more than people understand, and I actually like him.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Evidently, that changed after Trump tuned into Maher\u2019s show. In a post riddled with inaccuracies, Trump blasted Maher, business partner Chuck LaBella, and HBO. Trump concluded, \u201cI never watched your show much, but I will never watch it again, because it is nothing more than FAKE NEWS.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cReal Time\u201d is a comedic talk show featuring Maher\u2019s pointed commentary, plenty of jokes, and an array of political and cultural guests. Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was a featured guest on Friday, along with Steve Hilton, the Republican candidate for governor in California, and Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of Kentucky. CNN re-aired the episode on Saturday. (HBO and CNN are both owned by Skydance.)\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump\u2019s post about Maher contained multitudes. At some points he sounded disappointed. \u201cYou\u2019re a hopeless guy,\u201d the president wrote.\n <\/p>\n
\n At other points, he sounded vengeful. \u201cI\u2019m going to have the Republicans not cover you anymore,\u201d Trump said, again seemingly writing directly to Maher via Truth Social.\n <\/p>\n
\n By \u201ccover you,\u201d Trump may have meant Republicans who agree to appear on Maher\u2019s show. Or maybe he was referring to the tendency of Fox News and other right-wing channels to play sound bites from Maher\u2019s heterodox monologues.\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump made other unclear comments, including about a \u201cLaughter Machine,\u201d insinuating that Maher\u2019s show uses a laugh track: \u201cBill Maher lied, but he lies about everything, and I believe he lied to me when I asked him, with all the applause and laughter he gets after almost everything he says, about thing that aren\u2019t funny or even any good, what Laughter Machine does he use? People can\u2019t think he\u2019s funny.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The \u201cReal Time\u201d studio audience apparently thinks Maher is funny, because they\u2019re seen and heard cheering during the show.\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump recounted his first dinner with Maher, in March 2025, and said \u201che gave me a good first show\u201d afterward, then \u201creverted back to his former self, and his old ways.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump went on to claim that LaBella lobbied hard to get Maher invited back, \u201csaying how much Bill loves me, that he respects me more than anybody, and wants to come back for a second meeting.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n The October 15 dinner also included ESPN host Stephen A. Smith and musician Kid Rock. Smith said on his podcast the next day that \u201cwe were there for over four hours in the White House, and Donald Trump did not run from any questions.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Maher repeated the four-hour estimate on HBO, leading Trump to object: \u201cOverall, I thought it was a good meeting. It didn\u2019t last four hours, it lasted two hours, maybe less, and everybody was happy. We have the timestamps. I learned nothing, and felt it was a waste of time.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Trump also defended himself against Maher\u2019s jabs at his low approval ratings by wildly mischaracterizing CNN\u2019s reporting.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cI have High Ratings and, more importantly, he said that I\u2019m losing the support and approval of the Republican Party when, in fact, CNN just came out with a Poll showing that I\u2019m at 98 and 99% support within the Republican Party, an All Time Record High,\u201d Trump wrote.\n <\/p>\n