Donald Trump wants celebrities to kiss the ring. Bill Maher did: who'll be next? | Emma Brockes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Of course, you're going to say yes if Trump calls.
47% : It isn't known what Bill Maher, the comedian, talkshow host and, until recently, fierce critic of Trump, thought he was up to last month when he accepted an invitation to dine with the president.
42% : Some nuts will be tougher to crack than others If President Trump invited you to the White House, would you go?
37% : Maher is only the starkest example of a general softening since January of the cultural resistance to Trump.
36% : I say, let's hear it for Rosie O'Donnell for making good on her threat to move countries if Trump got elected: she is now living in Ireland.
30% : Like Garbo! Trump chose his target well, promoting the encounter as a robust piece of engagement with a foe - "a man who has been unjustifiably critical of anything, or anyone, TRUMP", posted the president before the meeting - when in fact Maher's been a creepy little men's rights guy dispensing fat jokes and gags for some time that turn on the punchline "retarded".
25% : And it remains the case that pushback against Trump can be hard to get right.
20% : He's not Stephen Colbert or even Bill Burr, and it's significant that Trump hasn't, for example, taken up Jon Stewart's offer to publicly debate him.

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