Bill Maher mocked President Donald Trump on Friday night on "Real Time" after Trump attacked him on Truth Social as a "low-ratings" host with a "fake laughing machine."Maher turned Trump’s ratings jab back on the president by pointing to his own approval numbers."First of all, low ratings? Yours is 35 percent!" Maher said.The line drew cheers from the studio audience as Maher continued responding to Trump’s post during his monologue.Bill Maher used his "Real Time" monologue to fire back after Trump called him a "low-ratings" host on Truth Social.(Left (HBO Max), Right (Nathan Howard/Getty Images))TRUMP TEARS INTO 'JERK' BILL MAHER ON TRUTH SOCIAL, SAYS HOSTING HIM AT WHITE HOUSE WAS 'TOTAL WASTE OF TIME'Maher also pushed back on Trump’s claim that "Real Time" used fake laughter, asking the show to cut to the audience."And fake, fake laughing machine, can we get a shot of our audience?" Maher said.The show then cut to stock footage of an audience applauding, extending the joke."There, that should settle that," Maher said.Maher mocked Trump’s "fake laughing machine" claim by asking HBO cameras to show the studio audience.
(Screenshot/HBO)BILL MAHER DEFENDS GRETCHEN WHITMER FOR APPEARING WITH TRUMP, ADVISES HER TO ‘OWN IT’Maher opened the bit by saying he had grown used to being targeted by Trump online."I can always tell when the president is in a bad mood, because he starts tweeting about me," Maher said."I feel it’s an honor always to be in his tweets, even when they’re bad, and they’re always bad.""This week, he said I was ‘low ratings Bill Maher with his fake laughing machine.’"A Fox News poll found Trump's overall approval number at 39%. Trump mentioned Maher earlier in the week while boasting on Truth Social about political and media figures he claimed had been defeated or sidelined.
In the post, Trump said, "My score, for two weeks, is 38-0, with three more limping Late Night Talk Show Hosts, including Low Ratings Bill Maher and his Fak...