Thanks, Johnny Kramer.
Bill Maher Reveals How His Perception of President Trump Changed After Eating Dinner With Him:
Bill Maher says his “mind was blown” to come to the realization that Trump is much more self-aware and personable than he ever imagined.
“Everything I’ve ever not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent,” Maher said.
“He’s much more self-aware than he lets on in public. Look, I get it. It doesn’t matter who he is at a private dinner with a comedian. It matters who he is on the world stage. I’m just taking as a positive that this person exists, because everything I’ve ever not liked about him was, I swear to God, absent.
“At least on this night with this guy, Bob, Kid Rock told me the night before, he said, ‘If you want to get a word in edgewise, you’re going to have to cut him off. He’ll just go on.’ Not at all. I’ve had so many conversations with prominent people who are much less connected.
“People who don’t look you in the eye, people who don’t really listen because they just want to get to their next thing. People whose response to things you say just doesn’t track. Like what? None of that with him. And he mostly steered the conversation to, ‘What do you think about this?’
“I know your mind is blown. So is mine.”
Mr. Maher Goes to Washington | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
