Comedian Bill Maher has publicly addressed a satirical op-ed by longtime friend Larry David, which implicitly compared Maher’s dinner with former President Donald Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Maher criticized David’s piece, titled “My Dinner With Adolf,” stating, “This wasn’t my favorite moment of our friendship.” He added, “I think the minute you play the Hitler card, you’ve lost the argument.” 

Maher emphasized that meeting with Trump and reporting the experience honestly does not signify support or moral compromise.​ The comedian said he found the president “gracious” and didn’t recognize him from his public persona.

David’s op-ed, published in The New York Times, parodied Maher’s April 11 monologue on Real Time With Bill Maher, where Maher described Trump as surprisingly personable in private. David’s satire involved a fictional encounter with Hitler, drawing parallels to Maher’s dinner with Trump.​

Maher said that invoking Hitler in such comparisons is “kind of insulting to six million dead Jews,” asserting that Hitler “has really kind of got to stay in his own place. He is the GOAT of evil.”

Despite the tension, Maher acknowledged his long-standing friendship with David and expressed openness to reconciliation, stating, “If I could talk to Trump, I could talk to Larry David too.”

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