but not Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/bill-maher-roasts-sean-penn-for-meeting-hugo-chavez-and-fidel-castro-but-not-trump/ar-AA1GO0a7?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=01ac7f028d264813f99f37dd9a70c48e&ei=38
...Penn told Maher he would not sit down for dinner with Trump, adding: “The only reason I would not accept an invitation is... it’s a long flight.”
Incredulous, Maher reacted: “Really, you’ll meet with f***ing Castro and Hugo Chavez but not the president of the United States?”
“I, I, saw good results come out of some of those things...” Penn said defensively. “I just personally wouldn’t trust anything that was said in the room, including personality.”
Maher hit back: “It’s not a matter of trusting it, it’s a matter of seeing it, a matter of experiencing it, knowing it... I’m telling you, there’s a very different guy behind closed doors in a different setting.”
He went on to push Penn on whether he would accept a dinner invitation to the West Wing if he, Maher, helped facilitate it, to which the actor answered: “I would not fool myself that... I was going to get anywhere with him. I know that I wouldn’t, I know that I would have no influence.”
Clearly annoyed, Maher said Penn had a “bad attitude” and declared: “I’ll tell you this about Donald Trump and you don’t know it because you don’t go to dinners... It’s all about personal relationships... I will get you an invite. He’s a starf***er in a way. I bet you he would like to meet you.”