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Maher fires back at critics over second Trump dinner

The October fifteenth White House dinner followed Maher's first in April twenty twenty-five and ran more than four hours; his critics are apparently still hungry.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBill Maher is back on Real Time defending his second White House dinner with the president, and his message to critics was, quote, I like these dinners.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe dinner was October fifteenth, it followed his first in April twenty twenty-five, and Fox News reports it ran more than four hours.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFour hours! That is a full buffet, with seconds, and Maher says he could not have been treated better if he were Russian.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorStephen A. Smith was his guest, and both men raised issues with the president.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFive stars, then.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA different matter now.

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