Hamza Adam 
The war of words between comics Larry David and Bill Maher has become anything but funny.
David, one of the creators of the wildly successful “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” sitcoms, wrote a satirical op-ed for The New York Times about having dinner with Adolf Hitler, in a not-so-veiled criticism of Maher’s recent meeting with President Donald Trump.
The Times deputy opinion editor Patrick Healy wrote that he “understood Larry’s intent in writing this piece.”
“Bill, a comedian Larry respects, said in a monologue on his Max show that he found the president to be “gracious and measured” compared with the man who attacks him on Truth Social. Larry’s piece is not equating Trump with Hitler. It is about seeing people for who they really are and not losing sight of that.”
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But Maher certainly didn’t see it that way, telling former CNN host Piers Morgan that David’s piece was “insulting to six million dead Jews.”
Both David and Maher are of Jewish descent.
“The minute you play the Hitler card, you’ve lost the argument,” Maher said as Morgan agreed. “Nobody has been harder and more prescient, I must say, about Donald Trump than me. I don’t need to be lectured on who Donald Trump is. Just the fact that I met him in person didn’t change that, and the fact that I reported honestly isn’t a sin either.”
Maher continued, “But, to use the Hitler thing is, I think, kind of insulting to six million dead Jews. You know? Like, that should kind of be in its own place in history. And I know people can say, ‘Well, we’re just comparing it in this way.” Well, it’s an argument you kind of lost just to start. It — look, maybe it’s not completely logically fair, but Hitler has kind of got to stay in his own place. He is the GOAT of evil and we’re just going to have to, I think, leave it like that.”
When asked if they’re friends, Maher answered, “Of course,” but said this wasn’t his “favorite moment” of their friendship.