Trump Says White House Correspondents Dinner Is ‘Largest Group of Trump Derangement Syndrome People Ever Put Together at One Time’
Amazing people, a lot of people that I like,” Trump said. Am I supposed to be a comedian?’ So I guess you said, maybe a little bit of everything.” Popular...
Key points
- Amazing people, a lot of people that I like,” Trump said.
- Am I supposed to be a comedian?’ So I guess you said, maybe a little bit of everything.” Popular on Variety But Trump quickly started bashing the press.
- “This evening it’s really all about the fake news media and your handling of prizes — writing and producing and performing made-up stories like the Academy Awards,” Trump said.
- Trump boasted that “I was able to get [TikTok] sold to a group of very wealthy people, mostly Americans.” Trump said he did not attend past WHCA dinners because “I thought the press treated me very, very unfairly, and I don’t know.
What happened
Amazing people, a lot of people that I like,” Trump said. Am I supposed to be a comedian?’ So I guess you said, maybe a little bit of everything.” Popular on Variety But Trump quickly started bashing the press. “This evening it’s really all about the fake news media and your handling of prizes — writing and producing and performing made-up stories like the Academy Awards,” Trump said. Trump boasted that “I was able to get [TikTok] sold to a group of very wealthy people, mostly Americans.” Trump said he did not attend past WHCA dinners because “I thought the press treated me very, very unfairly, and I don’t know. And I said, ‘You know, I’m not going to go.’ First time that ever happened… And I didn’t go for four years because I got treated terribly by the press.” This year, Trump noted, the WHCA decided not to have a comedian. Trump joked that Paramount CEO David Ellison, who is the owner of CBS News (“He bought it, spent a lot of money, and he’s going to make, I think, fantastic changes and keep some of the great stuff going”) next year will rename the WHCA dinner “the Trump White House Correspondents’ Dinner.” “He told me that, and I like that very much.
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