Bill Maher Gives Donald Trump New Nickname in Brutal Takedown

Michelle Stein September 26, 2026, 8:54 am

Bill Maher, Donald Trump — Christopher Polk/Variety via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Bill Maher mocked Donald Trump for showing off minor White House renovations to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Maher criticized Trump and his administration for their focus on redecorating.
He gave Trump the new nickname “arch-criminal” while joking about the president’s obsession with adding an arch to the White House grounds.

Bill Maher gave President Donald Trump a new nickname while mocking the POTUS for showing off his renovation projects to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

On the Friday, September 25 episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, the late-night host, 70, took aim at the POTUS, 80, during his opening monologue. His remarks came after Xi visited Washington, D.C., where Trump showed off his Triumphal Arch — among other renovations — and held a banquet with tech gurus in attendance.

“Trump thinks that Xi could give a f*** about being his friend. So, it’s all personal,” Maher said. “Trump did everything he could to show him around. He showed him the new spot where the limo drops people off. That’s been improved. Really, I’m not making this up. Showed him the new helipad, the ballroom.”

He then pointed out, “Does he know that China builds like entire cities in a week? And he’s showing him the new driveway. It’s like showing Gordon Ramsay how to reheat pizza.”

Trump took Xi on a tour of his projects. Xi builds entire cities in a week, and Trump shows off his helipad? It’s like showing Gordon Ramsey how you can reheat pizza. pic.twitter.com/EDGHthY1HH

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) September 26, 2026

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Furthermore, Maher criticized Trump and his administration for being “very into decorating,” quipping, “Redecorating or annihilating.” He added, “I’ve said it before: It’s the most macho and the gayest administration ever.”

He added, “The latest redecoration obsession is Trump is like, ‘We need an arch! Yesterday!” he said while doing an impression of the POTUS. F***, all the cities in the world have an arch,’”

While continuing to mock Trump, Maher exclaimed, ‘We’re looking bad over here without an arch. F***ing Biden let us go archless for years. Luckily, my good friend President Xi is an understanding man, and he accepts that we don’t have an arch. Because to not have one is criminal.”

Maher then declared of the president, “If anybody knows about an arch-criminal, it’s Donald Trump,” to which the audience clapped and cheered.

To conclude his thoughts on the topic, he joked, “So, that is our agenda here in America: arch, annihilate.”

Real Time With Bill Maher, Fridays at 10/9c, HBO