President Trump delivered a one-hour speech at the rescheduled 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner, swapping a combative prepared address for a tone of gratitude and defiance, while still landing punches on Democrats, the press, and his own Cabinet. Three months after an armed gunman disrupted the original April dinner at the Washington Hilton in what […] The post Trump returns to White House Correspondents' Dinner with unity, humor, and a jab at every corner of Washington appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump delivered a one-hour speech at the rescheduled 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner, swapping a combative prepared address for a tone of gratitude and defiance, while still landing punches on Democrats, the press, and his own Cabinet. Three months after an armed gunman disrupted the original April dinner at the Washington Hilton in what authorities describe as an assassination attempt, Trump stood before a smaller, tightly vetted crowd at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., and opened with a line that set the evening's tenor. Fox News reported that Trump told the room his original remarks were ready to go, and that he scrapped them. "The speech that I had ready just a short while. Oh, that was going to be a…Open
President Trump used his first-ever speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to compare CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a jab that drew sharp pushback from the network even as the evening mixed humor with tributes to those who survived April's assassination attempt. Trump took the stage Friday night at the […] The post Trump roasts CNN's Kaitlan Collins with Bud Light joke at rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump used his first-ever speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to compare CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a jab that drew sharp pushback from the network even as the evening mixed humor with tributes to those who survived April's assassination attempt. Trump took the stage Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., and wasted little time singling out Collins, who had just received a journalism award from the White House Correspondents' Association. He told the crowd of roughly 700 guests that he thought Collins "had really made it big with a major new sponsorship", then delivered the punchline. "But then I informed her that it wasn't her on the Bud Light can, it was…Open
President Trump took aim at the press, former President Biden and Secretary of Health and Human Service Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) dinner Friday evening. Toward the end of his speech, Trump made what seemed to be a sarcastic announcement, offering “somewhat of a scoop” that he would run for another term in office. The president then donned a MAGA-style hat saying “Trump 2028.” #WHCA #Trump #Media #Journalism #RFKJr #Press READ MORE: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5989858-trump-whca-speech-biden-kennedy-collins/
On Friday’s “Finnerty,” former Secret Service Agent Ken Valentine and former Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Frank Loveridge weighed in on the tightened security at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
President Trump delivers remarks at the do-over White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, three months after the first event was disrupted by a gunman looking to target Trump and his administration officials.
The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) announced on Tuesday it will honor a secret service agent it said was pivotal in stopping a gunman who tried to assassinate President Trump during the annual dinner this spring. The program will include a “salute to the First Amendment in 250 years of American history, awards honoring groundbreaking reporting … a salute to scholarship winners, and remarks by President Trump and entertainment by mentalist Oz Pearlman,” the WHCA said. #trump #whitehouse #secretservice
President Trump on Friday evening will deliver remarks at the do-over White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner, just months after the first event was disrupted by a gunman looking to target Trump and his administration officials. The president’s speech, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, will be “unifying but vicious.” The WHCA and Secret Service have ensured there is a “robust” safety plan in place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, the venue for the make-up dinner. The association will honor both the journalism award winners and a Secret Service agent who was pivotal in thwarting the assassination attempt in April. A slew of admin officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,…
