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Bill Maher reveals his plans for his upcoming meeting with Trump at the White House – and what he’ll wear

'I’m not going to dress like Zelenskyy,' Maher joked on his 'Club Random' podcast

March 24, 2025



Bill Maher revealed how he plans to behave when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House – and joked about which outfit he’ll avoid wearing.

"I’m not going to dress like Zelenskyy," Maher quipped during his Club Random podcast interview with comedian Andrew Schulz, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's casual attire during a contentious Oval Office meeting with Trump last month.

"Not a f---ing lululemon outfit… Zelenskyy pulled up looking like a yoga instructor," Schulz shot back.

Schulz, a comedian and host of the Flagrant podcast, said Trump’s willingness to sit down and talk with anyone was part of the 47th president’s appeal, and that former Vice President Kamala Harris’ seeming reluctance to do so contributed to her election defeat.

The two comics agreed that dialogue, and being willing to speak to people with whom you disagree, are core components of the American character. Maher commended Trump for being willing to speak with a longtime critic such as himself.

"Who’s been meaner than me?" Maher asked.

"JD Vance," Schulz rejoined.


The "Real Time" host said he had his staff compile a dossier of all the insults Trump has leveled at him over the years – accusing the comic of being "crazy" and his show of being a "ratings disaster" – and that it amounted to five pages. He brushed off the criticisms though, saying they were "performative" and didn’t matter.

"I don’t care, and he doesn’t care," Maher said.

The comic said that criticism of his meeting with a Republican president doesn't phase him, saying that sitting out the event would be "mean girl" behavior that he's sick of from the left.

"I’m not playing this game that you mean girls play, where they’re like, ‘Oh, you know what? You can’t sit at my lunch table because I’m just not talking to you," Maher said.

He likened his upcoming rendezvous with Trump to meeting an ex-girlfriend’s military veteran father. Though the two disagreed politically, Maher said he won the father's respect because he wasn’t a "p----." The comedian said that his experience would serve as a "model" for how he behaves at his dinner with Trump and that he will be "respectful" when he meets the president in the White House.

"You have to respect that, the guy did win. It's more than half the country… you can not like Trump, you can hate him, but you can’t hate everybody who voted for him… I don’t hate half the country and I don’t want to hate half the country," Maher said.

"It’s an honor to be invited to the White House under any circumstances."


https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-m...mv6_3TWFxs5FIw

[Dave's Dreidel]

Good for Maher.

[fudd]

Bill Maher reveals his plans for his upcoming meeting with Trump at the White House – and what he’ll wear

'I’m not going to dress like Zelenskyy,' Maher joked on his 'Club Random' podcast

March 24, 2025



Bill Maher revealed how he plans to behave when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House – and joked about which outfit he’ll avoid wearing.

"I’m not going to dress like Zelenskyy," Maher quipped during his Club Random podcast interview with comedian Andrew Schulz, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's casual attire during a contentious Oval Office meeting with Trump last month.

"Not a f---ing lululemon outfit… Zelenskyy pulled up looking like a yoga instructor," Schulz shot back.

Schulz, a comedian and host of the Flagrant podcast, said Trump’s willingness to sit down and talk with anyone was part of the 47th president’s appeal, and that former Vice President Kamala Harris’ seeming reluctance to do so contributed to her election defeat.

The two comics agreed that dialogue, and being willing to speak to people with whom you disagree, are core components of the American character. Maher commended Trump for being willing to speak with a longtime critic such as himself.

"Who’s been meaner than me?" Maher asked.

"JD Vance," Schulz rejoined.


The "Real Time" host said he had his staff compile a dossier of all the insults Trump has leveled at him over the years – accusing the comic of being "crazy" and his show of being a "ratings disaster" – and that it amounted to five pages. He brushed off the criticisms though, saying they were "performative" and didn’t matter.

"I don’t care, and he doesn’t care," Maher said.

The comic said that criticism of his meeting with a Republican president doesn't phase him, saying that sitting out the event would be "mean girl" behavior that he's sick of from the left.

"I’m not playing this game that you mean girls play, where they’re like, ‘Oh, you know what? You can’t sit at my lunch table because I’m just not talking to you," Maher said.

He likened his upcoming rendezvous with Trump to meeting an ex-girlfriend’s military veteran father. Though the two disagreed politically, Maher said he won the father's respect because he wasn’t a "p----." The comedian said that his experience would serve as a "model" for how he behaves at his dinner with Trump and that he will be "respectful" when he meets the president in the White House.

"You have to respect that, the guy did win. It's more than half the country… you can not like Trump, you can hate him, but you can’t hate everybody who voted for him… I don’t hate half the country and I don’t want to hate half the country," Maher said.

"It’s an honor to be invited to the White House under any circumstances."


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He gets it.


It’s an HONOR. Trump didn’t have to invite him.

If more folks were actually willing to listen to other people instead of living in an echo chamber, the world would be a better place. Doesn’t mean you have to agree.


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[fudd]

The official line seems to be, straight from the Press Secretary, that no classified material was sent at all, and it is heavily implied that the fact that the chat existed at all is perfectly fine and actually part of the guidance of White House Counsel.

If that's true, then there should be no issues with Goldberg now printing exactly what was communicated, and all of it. We could put this to rest pretty quickly.

At least Goldberg had the decorum to wait until the strikes were complete. Had he actually printed what he received and it had hurt our service members, there would be a different tone.

The fact that he was included in a chat is another subject. But he could’ve said something at any point.


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[It's Mike]

At least Goldberg had the decorum to wait until the strikes were complete. Had he actually printed what he received and it had hurt our service members, there would be a different tone.

The fact that he was included in a chat is another subject. But he could’ve said something at any point.


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I don't think that's decorum. That's self-preservation.

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[lovemachine97(Version 2)]

Any information about military strikes is always classified, especially information as specific as he was providing.

White House Counsel does not have the authority to determine/comment on what is and what is not classified information to the best of my knowledge.

It's embarrassing, but nothing will come of it besides further damaging our reputation.

Yeah, I would imagine that's why he's not printing it and the administration isn't handing the conversation I er.


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[fudd]

I don't think that's decorum. That's self-preservation.

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Call it journalistic integrity.


Doesn’t happen often. But give him a gold star for it.


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[The Rover]

Yes, a Big Yawn from me on Yemen plans exposed...

We'll just carpet bomb them from a different direction...

Amused at all of the Circle Jerking going on about it... On some Conservative sites...

[Number 47]

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[bklynboy68]

Call it journalistic integrity.


Doesn’t happen often. But give him a gold star for it.


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He’s the guy behind the “suckers and losers” hoax, he’s got no integrity. Mike’s right, he’d be in GITMO right now.

He might still be heading there depending on how the investigation into how he got on that thread turns out.

[Number 47]

I imagine it'll be more difficult this time to fire people...with them being such loyalists and all. Spin will be the better option. As we're seeing now...

So, first administrations Trump was criticized for firing the "best and the brightest"... second administration he's criticized for not firing the "loyalists"? Okay... got it.

[Dave's Dreidel]

At least Goldberg had the decorum to wait until the strikes were complete. Had he actually printed what he received and it had hurt our service members, there would be a different tone.

The fact that he was included in a chat is another subject. But he could’ve said something at any point.


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We are missing the point. Chat messaging services like Signal are not secure, anyone can be listening in. The fact that a journalist was in the chat is bad, but anyone could have been watching that conversation unfold in real time. You don't think our adversaries are targeting the Director of the NSA, SecDef, DNI, and SoS?

We do it to others, are we so fucking arrogant that we don't think others are doing it to us? We have had adversaries work at dry cleaners so they can put listening devices in to high level officials suits for Christ's sake, listening in on a chat on Signal? That's child's play.

[SmileyJoe]

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[Scott]

The Atlantic reportedly just released the entire communication w/ screen shots (and who's on the chat list)...ya, I'm no military expert, but giving coordinates, types of planes, bombing times.... sure sounds classified to me.

[bklynboy68]

Atlantic reporter publishes more texts about attack on Houthi targets
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz have faced calls to resign over Signal text chain leak

March 26, 2025 8:55am EDT


The Atlantic published Wednesday what it described as the "attack plans" at the center of a Signal text chain leak involving senior officials in the Trump administration.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz have faced calls to resign following revelations that the outlet's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to a private group chat earlier this month in which Hegseth, Waltz, Vice President JD Vance and other top administration officials reportedly discussed impending airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels. Hegseth has said "nobody was texting war plans."

"TEAM UPDATE:TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch. 1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package). 1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)," Hegseth apparently wrote in a screenshot of a text message released Wednesday by The Atlantic.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich responded to the report on Wednesday by saying "The Atlantic has already abandoned their bulls--- ‘war plans’ narrative, and in releasing the full chat , they concede they LIED to perpetuate yet ANOTHER hoax on the American people. What scumbags!"

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/atl...houthi-targets



No way he wasn’t purposely added in the chat. And yes, Goldberg is a scumbag with no integrity BEFORE this.