Bill Maher dishes on Trump dinner and reveals what the president gifted him: ‘Liberal sphincters just tightened’

Comedian Bill Maher revealed what amazed him astir about his much-hullabalooed meal pinch President Trump — arsenic he joked that his takeaways whitethorn origin “liberal sphincters” to tighten.

At nan outset of HBO’s “Real Time pinch Bill Maher” connected Friday, nan eponymous big delivered a lengthy monologue astir his gathering pinch nan commandant successful main that near him unexpectedly charmed.

“Everything I’ve not liked astir him was, I committedness to God, absent. At slightest connected this night, pinch this guy,” Maher, 69, said, appearing somewhat shocked by his ain conclusions.

“I ne'er felt I had to locomotion connected eggshells astir him. And honestly, I voted for Clinton and Obama, but I would ne'er consciousness comfortable talking to them nan measurement I was capable to talk pinch Donald Trump,” nan talk show big said, adding, “Make of it what you will.”

Admitting that he went successful pinch guns blazing, Maher described really he printed retired a database of insults that Trump had hurled his measurement complete nan years, including barbs specified arsenic “sleaze-bag” and “low-life dummy” — to spot if nan president would autograph nan digs.

“I brought this to nan White House because I wanted him to motion it, which he did … pinch bully humor,” Maher said, holding up nan Trump-signed expanse of insubstantial arsenic nan assemblage collapsed retired into applause.

“And I know, that arsenic I opportunity that, millions of wide sphincters conscionable tightened,” Maher quipped.

The comedian besides revealed that President Trump talented him respective MAGA hats, which are stored successful nan aforesaid room wherever erstwhile President Bill Clinton allegedly had trysts pinch then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

However, he said he felt nary unit to “go MAGA.”

The HBO big proceeded to present staggeringly affirmative reviews of Trump, harping connected nan graciousness nan president showed down closed doors, moreover successful nan look of challenging and sometimes abrasive critiques.

“I’ve had truthful galore conversations pinch salient group who are overmuch little connected. People that don’t look you successful nan eye. People that don’t really perceive because they conscionable want to get to their adjacent thing. People whose consequence to things you opportunity conscionable doesn’t track. None of that pinch him,” Maher said.

“Mostly he steered nan speech to ‘what do you deliberation astir this?’ I know. Your mind is blown. So is mine,” Maher said to wide assemblage laughter and a information of applause.

Maher besides recounted that astatine 1 constituent during their dinner, nan president asked him his thoughts connected nan Iran atomic situation.

The wide big confessed he directed a pointed disapproval astatine Trump for eliminating nan Obama atomic woody pinch nan Middle Eastern nation.

“He didn’t get huffy aliases telephone maine a left-wing lunatic. He took it in,” Maher said.

The comedian besides raved astir respective characteristic traits he witnessed successful nan “private Trump” that are supposedly absent from nan president’s larger-than-life nationalist persona.

“Just for starters, he laughs,” Maher stated successful disbelief. “I’d ne'er seen him laughter successful public. But he does — including astatine himself — and it’s not fake. Believe me, arsenic a comedian of forty years, I cognize a clone laughter erstwhile I perceive it.”

In 1 memorable exchange, Maher recounted that Trump, showing disconnected nan portraits of nan Oval Office, said, “The champion point astir [President Ronald Reagan] was his hair.”

Maher said Trump chuckled erstwhile reminded that taking down nan Soviet Union and Communism was different good Reagan accomplishment.

The big said that nan astir “surreal” portion of nan full business was erstwhile he returned home, flipped connected nan television, and saw Trump backmost to playing nan domiciled of his bombastic nationalist persona astatine a news conference.

“Who’s that guy?,” Maher joked, adding, “And why can’t we get nan feline I met to beryllium nan nationalist guy?

“A crazy personification does not unrecorded successful nan White House. A personification who plays a crazy personification connected TV a batch lives there. Which I cognize is f–ed up, it’s conscionable not arsenic f–ed up arsenic I thought it was,” Maher said successful summation.

Other meal attendees were caput of nan UFC Dana White and rockstar turned Trump-booster Kid Rock, who organized nan meeting.