When it comes to Harvard University, “Real Time” host Bill Maher and President Donald Trump are on the same page.
On the latest episode of his HBO talk show, Maher announced he backs the president’s push to penalize the elite Ivy League institution by freezing billions in federal grants, charging the school has failed to crack down on antisemitism on campus.
“Trump has declared full-scale war on Harvard, and like so many things he does, there’s a kernel of a good idea there,” Maher said during Friday’s broadcast, before bragging, “I’ve been sh–ing on Harvard long before he was.”
Maher is himself an Ivy League graduate, having earned his degree from Harvard rival Cornell University in Ithaca.
Guest and CNN host Jake Tapper referenced Maher’s alma mater, but he said his Harvard bashing had nothing to do with the longstanding enmity.
“It’s because Harvard is an a–hole factory in a lot of ways that produces smirking f–k faces,” Maher said bluntly.
It is unclear if Maher was aware his other guest, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts), attended Harvard.
“He has three degrees from Harvard,” Tapper pointed out. “He’s a f–k face times three.”
The liberal comic has changed his tune on the president.
Once a vocal critic, Maher had dinner with Trump at the White House alongside UFC owner Dana White and Kid Rock.
After the meal, Maher acknowledged Trump was a “different” person than the one portrayed by liberal media outlets.
“The guy I met is not the person who, the night before, s–t-tweeted a bunch of nasty crap about how he thought this dinner was a bad idea, and what a deranged a–hole I was,” said Maher.
Trump has threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status and tried limiting the number of foreign-born students admitted to the school.
A federal judge blocked a move Thursday by Trump’s administration to revoke the visas of international students at Harvard.
Trump said he wants to see more American students accepted into Harvard.
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