{"id":2455,"date":"2026-06-29T07:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:11:43","slug":"bill-maher-71-cornered-on-trump-suck-up-at-kennedy-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2455","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher, 71, Cornered on Trump Suck-Up at Kennedy Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Comedian Bill Maher has been cornered on his contentious relationship with Donald Trump while accepting an award that the president\u2019s administration insisted he was not getting.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2453\">Pentagon Pete Accused of Axing General Over a \u2018Grudge\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher, 71, on Sunday received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. 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After a visit to the White House last year for a dinner brokered by their mutual friend Kid Rock, Maher said Trump was \u201cgracious and measured,\u201d and not like the \u201cperson who plays a crazy person on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Maher added of their two-hour dinner, \u201cHonestly, I voted for [Bill] Clinton and [Barack] Obama, but I would never feel comfortable talking to them the way I was able to talk with Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he has also compared Trump, 80, to a \u201credneck\u201d emperor after his UFC birthday bash, compared his TV ratings to the president\u2019s sinking approval ratings, and said Trump has done \u201cthings that are racist, misogynistic, anti-democratic and corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in return, has also routinely bashed Maher on Truth Social, referring to his low ratings, calling him \u201ca weak and ineffective person\u201d as well as a \u201cmoron\u201d and \u201cpathetic.\u201d In a lengthy rant in February, he called Maher a \u201clightweight\u201d and \u201cANTI TRUMP,\u201d he said it was \u201ca total waste of time for me to have this jerk at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After news that Maher was receiving the prestigious award broke in March, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, \u201cThis is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award,\u201d while Trump\u2019s communications director Steven Cheung claimed it was \u201cLiterally FAKE NEWS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher was interviewed by CNN on the red carpet to Sunday\u2019s event, and said he was not surprised by the Trump administration\u2019s earlier reaction to his award. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if it happens again before the show starts,\u201d Maher told correspondent Camila DeChalus. \u201cAnything could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher also corrected DeChalus when she raised a story that Trump administration officials had printed out some of the president\u2019s insults about the comic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did that,\u201d Maher said proudly. \u201cI printed them, and I brought it; he signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher said he took to the White House dinner a printed list of nearly 60 insults Trump had made about him over the years, including, \u201clowlife dummy,\u201d \u201csleaze bag,\u201d and \u201cstone cold crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought this to the White House because I wanted him to sign it, which he did with good humor,\u201d Maher said on <i>Real Time<\/i> last year. \u201cI know as I say that millions of liberal sphincters just tightened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2452\">Top Dem Injured in Multi-Car Crash After Driver Loses Consciousness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked on Sunday about Trump\u2019s recent Truth Social posts about him, Maher said, \u201cThe last 4 or 5 times\u2026 it\u2018s all it\u2018s all back to yelling and screaming. I\u2018m terrible. I\u2018m a lunatic liberal. I\u2018m a lunatic. I\u2018m a lightweight. I\u2018m a jerk. So we\u2018re back to that. It\u2018s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher added, \u201cI would rather be still talking than the politics of, `You don\u2018t even exist. You\u2018re too deplorable even to acknowledge.\u2019 I\u2018d rather be fighting and yelling\u2026 that\u2018s just his way of talking to people. You know, you just have to accept it. I\u2018d rather the channels be open, anything is better than channels just being shut off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then joked to DeChalus that the secret for comedians to appeal to both sides of the political divide is \u201cto be a cool guy that people want to hang out with. I am. Some people aren\u2018t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Sunday\u2019s ceremony, Trump was also mocked by Woody Harrelson, The New York Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, an award for my dear friend\u2014ironically at the Trump Kennedy Center,\u201d Harrelson said, before noting, \u201cOh right, we fixed that, not as though you\u2019d be able to notice.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House and Kennedy Center for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Tarps have covered the outside of the Kennedy Center since Trump\u2019s name was removed on June 13.<\/p>\n<p>During Sunday\u2019s event, comedian Whitney Cummings made a joke about Trump\u2019s connections to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually heard Trump may come tonight, but he couldn\u2019t make it,\u201d Cummings said, according to Deadline. \u201cHe got caught in sex traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has always denied any wrongdoing regarding his friendship with the late child sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Trump\u2019s administration who attended Sunday\u2019s event included Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on <\/i><i>Substack<\/i><i> and <\/i><i>YouTube<\/i><i> for even more coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2450\">Murdoch Paper Bashes Trump\u2019s Crumbling Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Bill Maher has been cornered on his contentious relationship with Donald Trump while accepting an award that the president\u2019s administration insisted he was not getting. Read more Pentagon Pete Accused of Axing General Over a \u2018Grudge\u2019 Maher, 71, on Sunday received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. 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