Bill & Kid's Excellent Adventure: HBO comedian set for peace talks with Donald Trump?

Washington D.C.: In a what will probably be a meeting of the strangest bedfellows President Donald Trump and liberal comedian Bill Maher are set to meet at the White House, thanks to mutual friend Kid Rock (real name Bob Ritchie).

The meeting would come after years of public feuding between Maher and Trump, marked by insults and legal battles. The summit, orchestrated by Kid Rock, aims to foster dialogue between the two.

Maher, host of HBO’s hit show 'Real Time', has been a vocal critic of Trump for years, even before Trump’s political rise. In 2013, Trump sued Maher over a joke in which the comedian compared Trump’s father to an orangutan. More recently, Trump dismissed Maher as a “befuddled mess, sloppy and tired".

Yet, Kid Rock, a longtime friend of Maher and a Trump supporter, is determined to bridge the divide. On Glenn Beck’s show, Kid Rock announced his plan to take Maher to the White House for dinner, framing it as an effort to promote unity in a deeply divided nation.

Maher confirmed the upcoming meeting on his podcast, 'Club Random', revealing that Kid Rock had proposed the idea. “Kid Rock was here a couple of weeks ago, and he said, ‘I want you to meet Trump'. He said, ‘I’m gonna take you to the White House'. So now we’re gonna do that,” Maher explained.

Despite potential backlash from his liberal audience, Maher dismissed concerns, stating, “There will be lots of people on the left who will be like, ‘How dare you talk to this man'. I'm like ‘f*** you, I’m not playing this game'.”

Maher’s relationship with Trump has been complex. While he has criticized Trump’s policies and presidency, he has also expressed agreement with some of Trump’s positions, such as banning men from women's sports and the dismantling the Department of Education.

Maher has also pulled no punches when it comes to the Democratic Party, often slamming its lack of leadership and mocking their chosen methods of protest.