Trump delivers speech at rescheduled correspondents’ dinner three months after shooting
“That was going to be a doozy,” Trump said about the speech he’d been prepared to give in April, before a gunman upended the original dinner and forced its postponement.“As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” the president said to begin his remarks, hailing the decision to reschedule the dinner. Among the audience members were reporters he had denounced and barred from events. Among other targets of Trump’s humour: Late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel; Rep.
- ▪“That was going to be a doozy,” Trump said about the speech he’d been prepared to give in April, before a gunman upended the original dinner and forced its postponement.“As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” the president said t
- ▪Among the audience members were reporters he had denounced and barred from events.
- ▪Among other targets of Trump’s humour: Late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel; Rep.
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Open this photo in gallery:President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC on Friday.Rod Lamkey/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountPresident Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech that praised some journalists, took potshots at others, made jokes about public figures’ weight and intellect and quipped about a third presidential term.He assured the crowd of journalists, though, that he’d scrapped the most biting parts of his remarks.
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