White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gives Trump chance to hit media critics
Who's accountable for the results?
At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, former President Barack Obama delivered withering jokes against then-businessman Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he’s taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald,” Obama joked. “And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”
Trump sat silently as the crowd laughed at his expense. Media lore claims the 2011 dinner was the moment that led Trump to seek the White House.
Now, 15 years later, Trump will return to the dinner on April 25 as the nation’s commander in chief. The moment could provide Trump a captive audience made up of the media outlets he’s long lambasted as “Fake News.”
“I’m sure he’ll roast the press,” said Ford O’Connell, a GOP strategist.
Matt Dole, a GOP strategist, put it even more bluntly, noting that Trump’s love-hate relationship with the press has been a factor for decades.
“I think he still anticipates a tough night,” Dole said. “And so I don’t think he will feel restraint in sharing what he really feels about the press corps.
“I think we could see Donald Trump speaking about the media the way Donald Trump spoke about the Democrats at the State of the Union,” Dole said, referencing Trump’s notable moment forcing Democrats to either stand and clap or sit down when he called for prioritizing U.S. citizens over illegal immigrants.
Since he first became president in 2017, Trump has boycotted the dinner every year in office, claiming the media was biased against him and derisively branding reporters as “fake news.” He was the first president, since former President Calvin Coolidge attended the event in 1924, not to show up at the event.
The highlight of the dinner is almost always the comedian who is chosen to give remarks and the president’s own funny take on press freedoms. The WHCA avoided controversy this year by selecting famed mentalist Oz Pearlman, not known for publicly excoriating Trump, as the entertainer for the dinner. But that doesn’t mean Trump is in for an easy night.
“I don’t think anybody’s going to take it light on him, because he’s there in person or in the coverage the next day,” Dole said. “What will be interesting is that it will certainly be the most talked about press prom in a decade.”
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Who's accountable for the results?
At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, former President Barack Obama delivered withering jokes against then-businessman Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he’s taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald,” Obama joked. “And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”
Trump sat silently as the crowd laughed at his expense. Media lore claims the 2011 dinner was the moment that led Trump to seek the White House.
Now, 15 years later, Trump will return to the dinner on April 25 as the nation’s commander in chief. The moment could provide Trump a captive audience made up of the media outlets he’s long lambasted as “Fake News.”
“I’m sure he’ll roast the press,” said Ford O’Connell, a GOP strategist.
Matt Dole, a GOP strategist, put it even more bluntly, noting that Trump’s love-hate relationship with the press has been a factor for decades.
“I think he still anticipates a tough night,” Dole said. “And so I don’t think he will feel restraint in sharing what he really feels about the press corps.
“I think we could see Donald Trump speaking about the media the way Donald Trump spoke about the Democrats at the State of the Union,” Dole said, referencing Trump’s notable moment forcing Democrats to either stand and clap or sit down when he called for prioritizing U.S. citizens over illegal immigrants.
Since he first became president in 2017, Trump has boycotted the dinner every year in office, claiming the media was biased against him and derisively branding reporters as “fake news.” He was the first president, since former President Calvin Coolidge attended the event in 1924, not to show up at the event.
The highlight of the dinner is almost always the comedian who is chosen to give remarks and the president’s own funny take on press freedoms. The WHCA avoided controversy this year by selecting famed mentalist Oz Pearlman, not known for publicly excoriating Trump, as the entertainer for the dinner. But that doesn’t mean Trump is in for an easy night.
“I don’t think anybody’s going to take it light on him, because he’s there in person or in the coverage the next day,” Dole said. “What will be interesting is that it will certainly be the most talked about press prom in a decade.”
WHCA …
White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gives Trump chance to hit media critics
Who's accountable for the results?
At the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, former President Barack Obama delivered withering jokes against then-businessman Donald Trump.
“Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he’s taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald,” Obama joked. “And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”
Trump sat silently as the crowd laughed at his expense. Media lore claims the 2011 dinner was the moment that led Trump to seek the White House.
Now, 15 years later, Trump will return to the dinner on April 25 as the nation’s commander in chief. The moment could provide Trump a captive audience made up of the media outlets he’s long lambasted as “Fake News.”
“I’m sure he’ll roast the press,” said Ford O’Connell, a GOP strategist.
Matt Dole, a GOP strategist, put it even more bluntly, noting that Trump’s love-hate relationship with the press has been a factor for decades.
“I think he still anticipates a tough night,” Dole said. “And so I don’t think he will feel restraint in sharing what he really feels about the press corps.
“I think we could see Donald Trump speaking about the media the way Donald Trump spoke about the Democrats at the State of the Union,” Dole said, referencing Trump’s notable moment forcing Democrats to either stand and clap or sit down when he called for prioritizing U.S. citizens over illegal immigrants.
Since he first became president in 2017, Trump has boycotted the dinner every year in office, claiming the media was biased against him and derisively branding reporters as “fake news.” He was the first president, since former President Calvin Coolidge attended the event in 1924, not to show up at the event.
The highlight of the dinner is almost always the comedian who is chosen to give remarks and the president’s own funny take on press freedoms. The WHCA avoided controversy this year by selecting famed mentalist Oz Pearlman, not known for publicly excoriating Trump, as the entertainer for the dinner. But that doesn’t mean Trump is in for an easy night.
“I don’t think anybody’s going to take it light on him, because he’s there in person or in the coverage the next day,” Dole said. “What will be interesting is that it will certainly be the most talked about press prom in a decade.”
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