Patton Oswalt Rebukes Bill Maher Over 1 White House Dinner With Trump

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 23

Patton Oswalt said Bill Maher was wrong to try to “placate” Donald Trump after their White House dinner, arguing Trump inevitably turns on people who seek common ground with him.
On SiriusXM, Oswalt contrasted Maher with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, saying Trump hates outspoken critics but loses respect for anyone who tries to win his approval.
Maher addressed that fallout on Friday’s “Real Time,” after Trump had called their April dinner a “total waste of time” and mocked Maher as nervous, low-rated and a “jerk.”
Maher said he never agreed to stop criticizing Trump and pointed to Trump’s anger over a joke about China and Canada, underscoring how the attempted détente quickly collapsed.

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