Overview
- On his Club Random podcast, Maher told Billy Bush he was very hard on George W. Bush and now thinks he could have been more reasonable in tone.
- Maher said he would love to interview the former president, signaling openness to a face-to-face conversation despite long-standing disagreements.
- He praised Bush’s post‑2008 election gesture to Barack Obama as an example of civility he says is rare under President Donald Trump.
- Maher reiterated policy objections from the Bush years, yet said the proposal to privatize Social Security was not the worst idea.
- No interview is scheduled, and Billy Bush relayed a text claiming George W. Bush would not do the show, quipping that Maher lost him with an Iraq joke.