My Dinner with Adolf
satirical short story by Larry David
"My Dinner with Adolf" is a satirical short story by American comedian Larry David originally published in the opinion section of The New York Times in 2025. Written in first person, it takes place in 1939, telling the story of a man who has dinner with Adolf Hitler despite being his detractor. It was seen as a repudiation of comedian Bill Maher, a vocal Trump critic who dined with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Background
On March 31, 2025, comedian Bill Maher had a dinner with Donald Trump, Dana White, and Kid Rock at the White House. The dinner was planned by Rock, a vocal supporter of Trump. Maher explained on the March 23, 2025, episode of his podcast Club Random, that Kid Rock organized the meeting after appearing on the podcast as well as Real Time with Bill Maher earlier in the year.
On the April 11, 2025, episode of Real Time, Maher recounted his experience, praising Trump as "gracious and measured". The dinner was criticized by León Krauze and Keith Olbermann. In a Washington Post opinion piece, Krauze compared Maher's remarks to similar praise given to authoritarian figures such as Fidel Castro, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong.
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In early 1939, the unnamed narrator receives an invitation to have dinner with Adolf Hitler at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.
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