The moment Maher described as the “most surreal” came after the meeting, when he watched Trump on TV—because the man Maher met in person, he says, was nothing like the one he sees on screen.

“Why can’t we get the guy I met to be the public guy?” Maher asked.

He explained, “The… pic.twitter.com/3zZuuVgmPi

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