Larry David’s “My Dinner With Hitler” Essay Pokes Fun At Bill Maher’s White House Meal With Trump

deadline.comPublished: 4/21/2025

Summary

Larry David’s satirical essay contrasts his fictional encounter with the Führer and his real-life visit to Donald Trump for dinner, highlighting the absurdity of projecting public figures’ hateful ideologies onto their private personas. Both events serve as critiques of media portrayal and political discourse, with Maher noting that even leaders like Trump can seem absurd when taken out of public view, while David humorously observes that “truly authentic people” might not deserve to live in a white house surrounded by imposter Führers.