Bill Maher got into granular detail about his dinner with Donald Trump nearly 2 weeks ago at the White House, and he’s convinced the authentic Trump is charming and even self-deprecating, while the President is an actor of sorts … but a bunch of people think Bill’s got it backwards.

The ‘Real Time’ host broke down how he broke bread with 47, saying he’s a good judge of people … having been around for a minute and performing before crowds he had to win over — performing for 4 decades.

Bill says the REAL Trump is literally a guy you’d like to have dinner with … filled with charm, funny, able to take criticism and fully engaging. He thinks the President — whose persona is vastly different — is essentially creating a character or caricature who is acting out a role.

Now, lots of people on social media are predictably outraged at BM’s assessment, to which Bill says f*** off, but there are others who know Trump well who say Bill’s got it all wrong.

Some folks who have known Trump over the years say Trump’s social skills are an act, well-developed and polished over many decades. After all, he needed those skills to navigate the real estate industry and high society in New York.

The same folks say in private, Trump spends a lot of time plotting revenge against his real and perceived enemies, and he’s the opposite of someone who can take even constructive criticism. They say his skin bruises like a 90-year-old on blood thinners.

Year after year the most iconic music festival in the world pulls out all the stops and puts on a one-of-a-kind Coachella Music And Arts Festival … and all of Hollywood’s celebs and influencers are instinctively flocking to the Empire Polo fields to get in on all the action!

After an insane amount of traffic and logistically nightmares the party got under way and it looks like the the crowds put the past behind them and had a wild first day in the desert headlined by Lady Gaga!

Hailey Bieber slipped into a little black dress to promote her Rhude lip gloss at a desert party with Kendall Jenner and her 818 Tequila, while James Charles puts on a clinic on Coachella chic … complete with a pair of pearl earrings … and Charli D’Amelio checked all the fest fashion boxes with fringe, lace and hippy braids!

Dylan Efron was feeling the heat from the fun and ducked into the Ray Ban Meta experience for some AC and an ab-solutely show-stopping stomach selfie … and Brett Rockman continues to bring new looks year after year party-hopping around the desert.

Lukas Gage was photographed grinning ear to ear while enjoying a cold one in the Heineken House and Dylan Mulvaney posed for a pic in a lace tunic and bikini while hanging around the Youtube+ event.

There’s also plenty to see on the 8 different stages around the fest … with some awesome surprise guests joining the regularly scheduled artists. As we first reported, Benson Boone was joined on stage by Queen’s guitarist Brian May, Both Travis Barker and MGK were spotted in the Sahara tent performing with Three 6 Mafia, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong rocked out with The Go-Go’s and Becky G popped up with Tyla at the Outdoor Stage!

Please don’t forget about all the large-scale installation art pieces that can be spotted sprinkled around the grassy polo fields … check out all of this year’s cool sculptures that the fest has to offer!

It’s highly unlikely the next season of “The White Lotus” will take place at Coachella … but we kinda got a glimpse of what they could look like Friday night at the music fest!

Patrick Schwarzenegger and his fiancé, Abby Champion, were spotted rocking out in the front row of his costar Lisa‘s set … and it was clear he was having a blast.

PS and Lisa — who, in addition to being an actress, is a member of the K-pop group Blackpink — were in this season of HBO series … which just had its shocking conclusion last weekend!

The actor stopped by “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Thursday … revealing Abby — whom he’s been engaged to since 2023 — kept asking him questions about episodes before they aired.

Apparently, Patrick says AC wanted to know who dies … and, when he wouldn’t tell her, she followed it up with questions about who Patrick’s character hooked up with in the show.