Larry David poked fun at Bill Maher's controversial meeting with Donald Trump in a satirical essay that he wrote for The New York Times.
The Real Time host has been getting flak for visiting the US president at the White House and the glowing review that he gave afterwards.
Larry David Penned Satirical Essay Poking Fun at Bill Maher's Trump Meeting
David recently penned a satirical essay for The New York Times titled "My Dinner With Adolf" that poked fun at Maher's recent meeting with Trump at the White House.
The essay was written as a fictitious and satirical first-person account of David meeting with Adolf Hitler.
"I had been a vocal critic of his on the radio from the beginning, pretty much predicting everything he was going to do on the road to dictatorship. No one I knew encouraged me to go. 'He's Hitler. He’s a monster,'" he wrote.
"But eventually I concluded that hate gets us nowhere. I knew I couldn’t change his views, but we need to talk to the other side."
David imagined that Hitler "gave me an enthusiastic greeting that caught me off guard. Frankly, it was a warmer greeting than I normally get from my parents, and it was accompanied by a slap on my back. I found the whole thing quite disarming."
He went on to write about how he started relating to Hitler during the dinner and saw a different side of the dictator by the end of the night.
"Two hours later, the dinner was over, and the Führer escorted me to the door. 'I am so glad to have met you. I hope I’m no longer the monster you thought I was,'" David continued.
"'I must say, mein Führer, I'm so thankful I came. Although we disagree on many issues, it doesn't mean that we have to hate each other.' And with that, I gave him a Nazi salute and walked out into the night."
While the essay did not mention Maher by name, it was clear to the readers that David was taking a swipe at the Real Time host.
Why Did Larry David Write the Satirical Essay?
In a companion piece, New York Times Deputy Opinion Editor Patrick Healy shared the details on why David decided to write the essay.
"Larry listened to Bill Maher talk about his recent dinner with Trump. Bill, a comedian Larry respects, said in a monologue on his Max show that he found the president to be ‘gracious and measured’ compared with the man who attacks him on Truth Social," he wrote.
"Larry’s piece is not equating Trump with Hitler. It is about seeing people for who they really are and not losing sight of that."
Healy added, "Larry David, in a provocation of his own, is arguing that during a single dinner or a private meeting, anyone can be human, and it means nothing in the end about what that person is capable of."
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