Trump says he'll attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Source: Politico
03/02/2026 07:53 PM EST
President Donald Trump announced on Monday he plans to attend this years White House Correspondents Association dinner for the first time as president, setting up a potentially dramatic confrontation with members of the media he has regularly attacked. Trump wrote on social media he accepted the WHCAs invitation in part to commemorate Americas 250th anniversary and also to make the event the MOST SPECTACULAR DINNER, OF ANY KIND, EVER!
Trump has boycotted the event every year hes served as president, bucking the tradition that many presidents have observed of attending and giving light-hearted remarks that poke fun at the Washington press corps and other public officials.
Because the Press was extraordinarily bad to me, FAKE NEWS ALL, right from the beginning of my First Term, I boycotted the event, and never went as Honoree, Trump said. However, I look forward to being with everyone this year. Hopefully, it will be something very Special.
Attendance at the April 25 dinner would present the president with an opportunity to further wage battle against the White House press corps. Since he returned to office, the Trump administration sought to ban the Associated Press from covering events at the White House, filed lawsuits against multiple media outlets he views as covering him unfavorably, pushed for funding cuts to public media, revoked press credentials for journalists covering the Pentagon, and used the Federal Communications Commission to exert pressure on media companies.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/trump-says-hell-attend-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-00808083
Oz Pearlman is scheduled to be the Host.
Aviation Pro
(15,512 posts)Fuck you, pedophile.
QueerDuck
(1,588 posts)... or he'll just get mad and pout and invent some reason to "snub" the event. He's a man-baby who ALWAYS does this.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,846 posts)Anyone willing to back up that assertion?
QueerDuck
(1,588 posts)... he has zero sense of humor and very thin skin.
RandySF
(83,548 posts)would a self-respecting journalist (yeah, I know) sit down with Francisco Franco's reincarnation after calling the press "the enemy of the people"?
C_U_L8R
(49,303 posts)So he better be wearing his super-sized diapers.
Pachamama
(17,556 posts)Sounds fun .
ms liberty
(11,180 posts)Sounds very vanilla, and not the French vanilla bean kind.
lonely bird
(2,897 posts)I. Dont. Give. A. Fuck.
This degenerate imbecile who can no longer discern reality is leading this country into hell.
Thanks to all the idiots that voted third party, the idiots who couldnt be bothered to vote and the biggest thanks to every shithead that wouldnt vote for a woman. Fuck all of you.
PJMcK
(25,025 posts)Trump will ruin that event, too.
ETTD
Danascot
(5,218 posts)Obama, Biden, Hillery, AOC, Jack Smith, Gavin Newsom, Kimmel and Colbert. Suggestions for additional guests are welcome.
twodogsbarking
(18,483 posts)erpowers
(9,445 posts)Hopefully, most of the mainstream press refuses to attend. Why should any legitimate member of the press attend this event? All this man has done is attack the free press. What can they expect from this man except more attacks? Just leave him with an empty room, or a room full of his sycophant friends and admirers.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,664 posts)First wisecrack about Epstein, and Trump will "be called away to do presidential stuff".
"Take over this shit-show, J.D."
Dave Id
(278 posts)Trump's fluffers searched far and wide for conservative, Trump ass kissing comedians, but there were none to be found. Only those who will praise the glory of their god and leader will be allowed the speak.
Talitha
(7,912 posts)SergeStorms
(20,461 posts)what would be the point of him attending?
MS might get a few jabs in, but then he'd file suit and tell the FCC to yank their license anyway.
Hair Furor won't attend. He's already dismantled the "Free" Press. Why waste his precious time?
twodogsbarking
(18,483 posts)Grins
(9,420 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,085 posts)Krasnov is hoping for and may get an ass kiss fest.