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Maher Battles WashPost’s Rogin on Trump Meeting

HBO Real Time host Bill Maher recapped his recent meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday’s show where he emphasized the importance of talking to people even if you disagree with them. He also claimed that Trump, in private, is quite personable as contrasted with the more combative public persona that people either love or hate. However,  Washington Post foreign policy columnist Josh Rogin was not a fan as he showered Maher with praise despite claiming he fell “into the trap,” leading Maher to shoot back “you don’t have to patronize me, dude.”

After Rogin’s fellow panelist Piers Morgan expressed his agreement that there is a difference between private and public Trump, Rogin sought to counter, “Counterpoint? You know, Bill, I think you’re right in saying that people make too much of this. Okay, it’s not the Yalta Summit; you’re…

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