Trump Declines Invite To White House Correspondent’s Dinner

Trump also continued railing against what he calls the “dishonest” media, said his protesters are angry that they “lost the election” and dismissed one of his most prominent critics, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as “incompetent”.

In light of this it’s not particularly surprising that Trump has piked out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, the annual event honouring journalists who cover the White House.

Capping a week of extraordinary hostility toward the news media, President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he would not attend this year’s charity dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association, scheduled for April 29, a Washington tradition symbolizing comity between the president and the press.

President Trump thinks everything about his presidency is A-okay.

“Of course the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is known [as] the prom of Washington, D.C., a term coined by political reporters who clearly never had the chance to go to an actual prom”, the former president has said.

“The fake news doesn’t tell the truth”, he said.

In a taped White House sit-down with Fox News that aired Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump previewed a speech he’ll give Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress.

The dinner, which dates back to 1921, serves as a college scholarship fundraiser for students in journalism programs.

On Friday, the White House also denied access to an off-camera briefing to several major United States media outlets, including CNN, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and Politico.

“However, it is crucial to remember that President Trump can not pass tax and spend laws unilaterally, he needs Congress to do this for him”.

However the evening unfolds, viewers won’t have the chance to see an unpopular president enduring a comedian’s material, as President George W. Bush did in 2006.

Can we talk about President Obama? He would reportedly become the first president to do so in 36 years. Vox interviewed Beshear here, and you can expect him to make the case for keeping and improving the Affordable Care Act as Republicans try to put it on the chopping block.

“I want you all to know that we are fighting the fake news”.