Trump returns to correspondents' dinner 3 months after shooting
President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivering a lengthy speech that mixed humor with personal attacks against journalists and political rivals. The event marked a notable return to a tradition he had previously shunned, despite his ongoing adversarial relationship with the media.
Why it matters
The speech underscores the volatile relationship between the executive branch and the press, highlighting the use of humor as a political tool in a polarized environment.
President 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.
Politics Here's a look inside security at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner He assured the crowd of journalists, though, that he'd scrapped the most biting parts of his remarks.
"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.
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