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President Donald J. Trump is expected to attend a scaled down White House Correspondents Dinner tonight. This is his second time attending. The first time was an attempted assassination on his curmudgeon ass.
This is at the Washington Waldof Astoria and hosted by White House Correspondents Association president Weijia Jiang, a veteran CBS report.
Trump had insulted Jiang when she asked about coronavirus deaths. He said "why don't you ask China?" before he called on Kaitlin Collins. Collins allowed Jiang to retort and it angered Trump. He would end his presser.
The two were shaken when the California suspect Cole Allen is being held in federal custody awaiting trial.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The decision puts Trump back at a Washington ritual long tied to his fraught relationship with the press and political establishment.
Trump announced he would attend this year’s dinner as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. He did not attend during his first term due to a contentious relationship with the media at the height of coverage of the Russia investigation.
The banquet was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic and revived in 2022 during President Biden’s administration. Trump also did not attend last year after retaking office for his second term.
His return also revives memories of the 2011 dinner, when President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers mocked Trump after he had publicly proliferated birther conspiracy theories and called for the release of Obama’s birth certificate, which the State of Hawaii did release that year. He also attended the dinner in 2015, just months before launching his historic bid for president.
Speculation mounted that the jabs in 2011 helped fuel Trump’s eventual decision to run for president, culminating in a stunning upset victory in 2016. Trump has denied that remarks had anything to do with inspiring his presidential campaign.
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