Published May 3, 2026, 10:59 a.m. ET President Donald Trump is back on the offensive against Bill Maher , unloading on the late-night host after his recent interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom . In a sprawling Truth Social post, Trump took issue with how Maher handled the governor’s appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher , accusing him of folding under pressure and letting Newsom control the conversation. “Bill Maher was defenseless, and totally deficient,” Trump wrote. “Either he didn’t have the knowledge, or he choked…” Newsom stopped by the HBO series on Friday to promote his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery , and ended up in a wide-ranging conversation that touched on everything from California’s housing crisis to the state’s national reputation. Maher even compared the governor’s social media style to Trump’s, framing it as a kind of political trolling.…