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Trump at the WHCA Dinner: Roasting the Press and His Own Cabinet
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The original April White House Correspondents' Dinner was abandoned after 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen — now facing life in prison — charged the venue and opened fire. Trump came back for the rescheduled event and owned the room for roughly an hour, repeatedly acknowledging he was performing in front of a ballroom of reporters and media executives hostile to him. [1] — Donald Trump "The original April White House Correspondents' Dinner was derailed when an armed man charged the venue and opened fire; 31-year-old Cole Th…" 18:04 He turned the assassination attempt into comedy: reporters apparently refused bulletproof vests at the original dinner because they'd rather die than look 20 pounds heavier. He worked in Nicki Minaj — joking that yells of 'get down' during the gunfire prompted her to start twerking. Trump then aimed at his own administration: he quipped that Health Secretary RFK Jr. personally ran over, butchered, and served the evening's beef tenderloin, and had proposed raccoon roadkill as an appetizer before being overruled. Trump closed by saying he plans to return next year — unless the press is 'really, really nasty' in the months ahead. Megyn Kelly promises more coverage on the full Megyn Kelly Show later that day.
The original April White House Correspondents' Dinner was derailed when an armed man charged the venue and opened fire; 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen now faces life in prison. Trump came back for the rescheduled event and spent an hour roasting a room full of journalists hostile to him, turning even the assassination attempt itself into a punchline.
31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, charged with attempting to assassinate the President, faces up to life in prison if convicted; he has pleaded not guilty.
President Trump spent roughly an hour at the lectern at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, his first uninterrupted appearance as president at the event.
Trump joked that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally ran over, butchered, and delivered the evening's beef tenderloin to the dinner — then topped it with a punchline about RFK wanting to serve raccoon roadkill as an appetizer. The crowd's laughter at jokes targeting his own administration signaled a rare night of good-natured self-deprecation from Trump.
