{"id":137330,"date":"2026-06-29T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/bill-maher-admits-he-enjoys-watching-trump-get-combative-with-journalists-in-tense-interviews-137330"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T00:00:15","slug":"bill-maher-admits-he-enjoys-watching-trump-get-combative-with-journalists-in-tense-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/bill-maher-admits-he-enjoys-watching-trump-get-combative-with-journalists-in-tense-interviews-137330","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher admits he enjoys watching Trump get combative with journalists in tense interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Maher<\/a> praised President Donald Trump on Monday\u2019s episode of &#8220;Club Random,&#8221; saying he finds joy in seeing him confront journalists in ways he would not.<\/p>\n<p>Maher has a long, chequered history with Trump, something he joked about when he attended a dinner at the White House and brought a list of insults the president has directed at him over the years. But while Maher is not shy about criticizing the president, he specifically praised him for his unique penchant for directly clashing with journalists, saying that contentious feeling toward the press is something he can relate to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s funny, you know, you want to say it back to the media and I won&#8217;t about, anything, because you just don&#8217;t want to pick that fight with them,&#8221; Maher said as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ot0C5RA6tDk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he spoke to his guest<\/a>, actor Kevin Spacey. &#8220;But sometimes when I see Trump just speak his complete internal monologue without, doing things that, it&#8217;s just like \u2013 he will say something, and the one I&#8217;m thinking of is like, I&#8217;ve wanted to say that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/katie-couric-admits-bari-weiss-choice-fire-scott-pelley-cbs-clash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>KATIE COURIC ADMITS BARI WEISS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FIRE SCOTT PELLEY AFTER CBS CLASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher recalled a specific example, &#8220;When somebody pissed him off in an interview, he just went, &#8216;You&#8217;re a terrible person!\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s like, I can&#8217;t deny&#8230; there&#8217;s a moment where I would have \u2014 that&#8217;s exactly what I was thinking,&#8221; Maher said, before listing a series of purported examples like, &#8220;&#8216;You&#8217;re a terrible person,&#8217; \u2018It&#8217;s not a sincere question,\u2019 \u2018It&#8217;s a gotcha thing,\u2019 \u2018It&#8217;s a virtue-signaling thing,\u2019 \u2018You don&#8217;t believe it yourself.\u2019 \u2018But I don\u2019t.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-urges-maine-voters-elect-graham-platner-despite-candidates-scary-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>BILL MAHER URGES MAINE VOTERS TO ELECT GRAHAM PLATNER DESPITE THE CANDIDATE\u2019S \u2018SCARY\u2019 ISSUES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not our president,&#8221; Maher said, appearing to praise Trump for not kowtowing to journalists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/comedians-dig-trump-bill-maher-accepts-mark-twain-prize-kennedy-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maher accepted the Mark Twain award<\/a> at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, in what was yet another example of their relationship that involves both praise and insults.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media#&amp;_intcmp=fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher and impressionist Matt Friend did a bit where Friend impersonated Trump, saying, &#8220;Why are we giving this low-ratings lightweight jerk the Mark Twain Award,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2026\/06\/29\/bill-maher-gets-twain-prize-kennedy-center-with-lots-trump-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Washington Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friend, depicting Trump, insisted he was more deserving of the award, and even broke into the Trump dance.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-admits-enjoys-watching-trump-combative-journalists-tense-interviews\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-admits-enjoys-watching-trump-combative-journalists-tense-interviews <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk show host Bill Maher praised President Donald Trump on Monday\u2019s episode of &#8220;Club Random,&#8221; saying he finds joy in seeing him confront journalists in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-137330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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