Overview
- Allen shared the story on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast released Monday, where Maher also referenced a White House dinner with Trump last March.
- He placed the dinner with Donald and Melania Trump around the final seasons of The Apprentice in 2014–15.
- Allen said Trump talked about moving to Los Angeles to produce films and praised Allen’s comedy.
- Allen recounted explaining movie economics—large budgets, heavy promotion costs, potential losses—after which Trump dropped the idea, according to Allen.
- He quoted Trump likening a flop to owning a bad building you still possess, while noting this remains a single-source anecdote without independent confirmation.