Bill Maher admits he enjoys watching Trump get combative with journalists in tense interviews

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Bill Maher praised President Trump on his podcast, saying he gets vicarious joy by seeing the president call out journalists during tense interviews. Talk show host Bill Maher praised President Donald Trump on Monday’s episode of "Club Random," saying he finds joy in seeing him confront journalists in ways he would not. Maher has a long, chequered history with Trump, something he joked about when he attended a dinner at the White House and brought a list of insults the president has directed at him over the years. But while Maher is not shy about criticizing the president, he specifically praised him for his unique penchant for directly clashing with journalists, saying that contentious feeling toward the press is something he can relate to. "And it's funny, you know, you want to say it back to the media and I won't about, anything, because you just