Overview

• Larry David’s New York Times op-ed, titled ‘My Dinner With Adolf,’ uses satire to criticize Bill Maher’s private dinner with President Trump.
• The piece imagines a 1939 dinner with Adolf Hitler, drawing parallels to Maher’s accounts of Trump’s private demeanor and laughter.
• David mocks Maher’s praise of the White House art collection by comparing it to Hitler’s stolen artwork in the Old Chancellery.
• Maher’s April 12 tweet and April 11 Real Time segment revealed his surprise at Trump’s private behavior, sparking ongoing backlash.
• The op-ed questions the notion of civility with divisive leaders, reigniting debates about the risks of normalizing such figures.