Traditionally, talk show hosts salivate at the mere thought of the president of the United States visiting their chatfests.

Ellen DeGeneres? Not so much.

President Donald Trump isn’t welcome on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the comedienne told Matt Lauer in an interview that aired on NBC’s Today on Friday, “because I’m not gonna change his mind. He’s against everything that I stand for.”

DeGeneres said she had met Trump in the past; the two filmed a Celebrity Apprentice-related segment for her show years ago.

“I flew in his helicopter and did a bit with him, so I knew him then,” she said. “I have not spoken to him since he’s run for president or become president.”

DeGeneres, who recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of her coming out as a lesbian during an episode of her sitcom Ellen, implied that Trump’s well-documented comments about women and immigrants, among other topics, do not jive with her own views and do not seem to be malleable.

“We need to look at someone else who looks different than us and believes in something that we don’t believe in and still accept them and still let them have their rights,” she told Lauer.

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Excuse me you totalitarian liberal twit. Did you notice the way your last comment there and your "not welcome" comment don't jive??? Of course you didn't. That's because you are blind to how this 'accept each other' idea actually works. Donald Trump is a better man than you! TM

I encounter and dialogue on Facebook with people who hold different political and cultural views than I do, every single day. And almost all of these people are my friends, some are my close friends, and some, believe it or not, are even closer than friends! [like my wife] :)

While we differ on one level, I would never alienate any of them by trotting out a false accusation of 'hate'. It’s unfortunate to see this happening. Too often the ‘accusatory finger’ of hate has become the default position in our American dialogue. A new canard has been allowed to germinate and to grow: ‘To differ from us is to show yourself as a hater.’

A hallmark of a free society is when individuals feel secure and free to express themselves, to share their beliefs, to dissent openly and to do so without intimidation. The ‘accusatory finger’ has become far too predominant in our free society. TM