Comedian Bill Maher fired back at critics on the left who were upset about his recent meeting with President Donald Trump and said he “should be a hero” for his visit rather than the “villain.”
During his appearance on the “2 Angry Men” podcast, the HBO host and longtime Trump critic admitted he didn’t have “great hope” that talking to the president “will change anything,” but he said he had to try.
“I had the opportunity to go to the White House and talk to the president,” Maher said. “And not give up my principles. It seems like nobody noticed that. I didn’t go MAGA (Make America Great Again).”
“I had the opportunity to talk to Donald Trump and to say the things to him that maybe he never hears,” he added. “Literally, to speak truth to power. I shouldn’t take that opportunity? Again, don’t do that? Okay.”
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