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In a Valentine’s Day Fact Social message, President Donald Trump railed towards “jerk” TV host Invoice Maher for being “anti Trump” on his present, regardless of the 2 having fun with a “nice dinner” collectively on the White Home final yr.
The president, who typically makes use of his social media to lash out at late-night hosts, claimed he had indulged Maher’s request to have dinner on the White Home, and even invited him to the White Home Christmas Celebration, solely to have Maher insult him on Actual Time with Invoice Maher.
“I’d a lot fairly spend my time MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN than losing it on him,” Trump wrote Saturday. “Invoice continues to undergo from a extreme case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS!), and there may be nothing that may ever be executed to remedy him of this very critical illness.”
Hitting at Maher, Trump mentioned the late-night host was “extraordinarily nervous” and “had ZERO confidence” when he met him final yr within the Oval Workplace.
“To assuage his nerves, instantly, inside seconds, requested for a ‘Vodka Tonic,’” Trump wrote, later calling Maher an “underrated light-weight.”
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“I’ve by no means felt like this earlier than, I’m really scared,” Trump claimed Maher mentioned to him. The president went on to say that Maher “appeared to be a pleasant man” and was “very respectful” about their assembly.
Nonetheless, his opinion on Maher appears to have modified after feedback made on his present Friday night, during which he mocked the president for writing on Fact Social that China will take over Canada and “terminate all ice hockey.”
“What the f***,” Maher mentioned after studying Trump’s Fact Social put up out loud. “I feel that is the kinda factor that’s inflicting his recognition to go down.”
The president insisted he “jokingly” remarked about China taking up Canada and terminating ice hockey.
“He went on and on in regards to the Hockey assertion, like ‘What sort of an individual would say such a silly factor as this,’ as if I have been being critical once I mentioned it,” Trump wrote on Fact Social.
Regardless of his frustration, Trump mentioned he thought Maher was nonetheless “barely extra gifted” than fellow late evening hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, or Stephen Colbert.
The Unbiased has requested Maher’s consultant for remark.
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Maher, identified for his political satire, typically makes use of his present to deliver on a various group of voices in an effort to unify the nation at a polarizing time.
Final yr, Maher dined with Trump, alongside Child Rock and Dana White, on the White Home. Afterward, he gave a optimistic evaluate of the president, calling him “gracious.”
However Trump appeared indignant Saturday that Maher has returned to criticizing him and his administration, fairly than acknowledging his perceived successes such because the Dow hitting 50,000 factors and immigration agenda.
“Fortuitously, his Tv Rankings are so low that no person will study his varied Pretend Information statements about me.”,Trump wrote.
