David's fictional account of an evening with the führer was full of obvious parallels to Maher's story about his White House ...

Bill Maher continued to defend his positive meeting with President Trump, telling critics he won't pretend it's a bad thing that he doesn't hate Trump as a person.

David never mentioned Maher by name in the piece, but it was implied to have been a response to Maher’s retelling of his meeting with President Donald Trump.