Bill Maher Clashes With Liberal Actor Over Trump, Immigration Policy

Bill Maher and wide character John Leguizamo fought complete their perceptions of President Donald Trump and nan country's migration strategy connected Maher's latest "Club Random" podcast episode.

Leguizamo blasted apical Trump charismatic Stephen Miller arsenic a racist and designer of Trump's mass deportation policy, but Maher retorted that nan past management bore blame.

"Part of this is simply a backlash to really severely Biden handled nan migration situation. It can't conscionable beryllium for illustration ‘Come one, travel all,’" Maher said.

"There's plentifulness of room here," Leguizamo told a skeptical Maher. "There's plentifulness of room successful America, travel on. There's nary deficiency of room successful America."

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Bill Maher and John Leguizamo fought during Maher's "Club Random" podcast connected Monday. (Left:Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images, Right: Photo by Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

"It's ne'er astir room. It's astir resources … Countries person to person a border," Maher said. "I mean, they've done surveys and thing for illustration 200 cardinal group astir nan world erstwhile asked, 'Would you travel to America if you could?' ‘Yes, I would.’ Why wouldn't they? Lots of countries, excuse me, are s--tholes, and they would emotion to beryllium here."

Trump was fiercely criticized by nan near during his first word erstwhile he used that disparaging term for countries for illustration Haiti and El Salvador.

"The places aren't s--tholes," Leguizamo replied to Maher. 

"Well, they are," Maher said. "That's why they want to come." 

Leguizamo, an outspoken wide activist, claimed that issues successful Latin American countries were often because of actions taken by nan United States.

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Comedian Bill Maher connected nan group of his HBO talk show. (Screenshot/HBO)

Leguizamo besides recounted gathering Trump earlier he entered authorities and claimed Trump had erstwhile called him "so articulate," which he took arsenic a racist flimsy against Latinos to propose they mostly weren't. He added he recovered Trump "so meek," which amazed him.

"I wouldn't telephone it meek," Maher said. "What I would telephone it is knowing really to make everybody – it's ironic because he's known arsenic nan top egomaniac, and he is rather an egomaniac – and you're willing successful what they're saying. He's bully astatine that."

Maher met pinch Trump astatine nan White House earlier this twelvemonth and recounted that nan president was "gracious and measured," though Maher said he wouldn't propulsion his punches successful criticizing Trump going forward.

Leguizamo countered that Trump was "obsequious," and Maher conceded that Trump's alleged remarks astir nan character being articulate were "just obnoxious."

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President Donald Trump President Donald Trump arrives to South Lawn of nan White House from Camp David connected Monday, June 9, 2025.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

Maher added that Trump, who turned 79 past month, was besides not a racist but alternatively a "product of his time," to which Leguizamo changeable back, "Some of america flooded our times."

"That is existent and adjacent to say," Maher said.

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Leguizamo hosts an MSNBC program, "Leguizamo Does America," wherever he travels to different Latino communities crossed nan state successful an effort to spotlight their culture.