(NewsNation) — Comedian and commentator Bill Maher is not making any promises about what might be accomplished by having dinner with President Trump.
But he said it’s worthwhile to travel to the White House to meet with his longtime nemesis. Republican Trump famously filed suit against Maher for jokes the comedian made at his expense more than a decade ago; the suit was later dropped.
“I don’t have some sort of complex where I think I can heal America, I can’t. Let’s get that clear — I’m not going to be healing America,” Maher told “The Chris Cuomo Project” podcast. “But if two guys who have been at each other for so long … it’s kind of a Nixon to China thing.”
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The pending dinner with Trump was put together by musician Kid Rock, a Trump supporter who has been on Maher’s podcast, “Club Random.”
Maher, a self-described “old school liberal,” said Trump’s handlers probably respects him for criticizing the Democratic Party and losing part of his audience in the process. The Los Angeles-based host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” said he appreciates the honor of being invited to the White House to talk with the president.
“Let’s talk to each other face to face. Let’s stop shouting from 3,000 miles away,” Maher said. “If they expect me to be leaving in a MAGA hat, they’re going to be very disappointed. But I know they don’t.”
He added: “It probably will accomplish very little. But you gotta try, man. You gotta try.”
