Patton Oswalt Says Bill Maher Was Wrong to Try to ‘Placate’ Trump, Argues It Always Backfires

Patton Oswalt says Bill Maher was wrong to try to ‘placate’ Trump, argues it always backfires

Comedian Patton Oswalt criticized "Real Time" host Bill Maher this week over what he described as Maher’s attempts to "placate" President Donald Trump, arguing the comedian was wrong to believe he could find common ground with Trump without eventually becoming a target himself.

Patton Oswalt says Bill Maher was wrong to try to 'placate' Trump, argues it always backfires

Comedian Patton Oswalt criticized "Real Time" host Bill Maher this week over what he described as Maher’s attempts to "placate" President Donald Trump, arguing the comedian was wrong to believe he could find common ground with Trump without eventually becoming a target himself."The reason that Trump is turning on Bill Maher is because Bill tried to, I’m sure with good intentions, placate him and you can’t do that with him," Oswalt told SiriusXM …

Patton Oswalt Tries to School Bill Maher on ‘Placating’ Trump: ‘He Hates Himself’

Comedian Patton Oswalt tried to school comedian and pundit Bill Maher on the futility of trying to placate President Donald Trump by being nice to him, claiming as soon as you do that he’ll stop respecting you. Maher has long been a critic of Trump, including a satirical bet lampooning the “Birther” obsession that resulted in a $5 million lawsuit from Trump. But Maher attempted a “Nixon goes to China” moment by having dinner with Trump at the Wh…

Patton Oswalt says Bill Maher made a huge mistake trying to “placate” Trump: “The minute they love him, he has zero respect for them”

The comedian explains how sucking up to Trump never ends well.