No, Bill Maher, Trump was not being "gracious" when he had you over for dinner.
From ©️ First dropped on X by Penguins Against Trump. (@FlippersUpNow) :
Bill Maher thinks having dinner with Trump is somehow noble. “There has to be something better,” he says—like sitting down with a man who tried to end American democracy over filet mignon is a brave middle path.
But this isn’t new. Authoritarians love this move. Putin has done it for years—inviting Westerners, celebrities, and “skeptical thinkers” to sit at his table. Feed them well, flatter them a bit, let them feel like the only adult in the room. It creates just enough cognitive dissonance to blur the horror.
“He wasn’t so bad in person.”
“He listened.”
“He made some good points.”
Hitler did the same. He brought diplomats and journalists to his mountain retreat, played the calm visionary, talked peace and order while the trains were already running.
And it worked. It always works—for a while.
What Maher doesn’t understand—or pretends not to—is that these dinners are not diplomacy. They’re pageantry. Theater designed to disarm critics and normalize tyranny.
When you toast with a strongman, you’re not bridging divides.
You’re giving them legitimacy.
And helping them launder their image through your platform.
So no, Bill. You didn’t rise above the noise.
You got played.
And you helped play us.
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