US EditionMaher: Larry David op-ed ‘insulting to 6 million dead Jews’
- Bill Maher criticized Larry David's satirical op-ed titled 'My Dinner With Adolf', claiming it was 'insulting to six million dead Jews' during an interview with Piers Morgan.
- David's op-ed on a fictional dinner with Adolf Hitler responded to Maher's description of his meeting with President Donald Trump.
- Maher stated that David used an inappropriate analogy by invoking Hitler, emphasizing that it's not suitable to 'play the Hitler card'.
- Despite their disagreement, Maher expressed hope for reconciliation with David, noting that 'there's got to be a better way than hurling insults'.
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The Trump/Hitler Controversy Misses the Point
On 31 March comedian Bill Maher went to dinner with President Trump at the White House. The following week, on his HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher, he described his experience. Maher noted that despite their political differences, Trump was polite...
Rabbi Urges Caution on Trump-Hitler Comparisons
The recent disagreement between Bill Maher and Larry David regarding the impact of Maher’s meeting with President Trump has captured my attention. Maher is a popular comedian and host of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” David is a writer and producer of the legendary television shows “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” For context, Maher recently had dinner with President Trump. This prompted Larry David to publish a satirical piece in The New Yo…
Bill Maher's Complicated Dinner
Bill Maher and Donald Trump at the Emmys, 2004. (Dan MacMedan/Contributor.)Bill Maher has had a difficult few weeks. After he recounted his visit to the White House on his show Real Time, commentators swept in to accuse Maher of credulity and hypocrisy. Political consultant James Carville chided Maher for giving “legitimacy and credence” to Donald Trump, while comedian Larry David published a satirical op-ed in The New York Times titled “My Dinn…
Comparison of Trump to Adolf Hitler is fair
I don’t know if you have been following the brouhaha that has erupted over Bill Maher’s dinner with President Donald Trump and I don’t know if you even care. I’m not sure that I care myself but here I find myself sitting down to write about it. Go figure. Maher, who has long been critical of Trump, accepted an invitation to dine with him and said he found him “gracious and measured”, and far different to the “crazy” man he watches on TV. Maher s…
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