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BumRushDaShow

(168,372 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:28 AM Yesterday

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 year’s 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 WHCA’s invitation in part to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary and also to make the event the “MOST SPECTACULAR DINNER, OF ANY KIND, EVER!”

Trump has boycotted the event every year he’s 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.
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Trump says he'll attend the White House Correspondents' Association dinner (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
The theme this year will be Aviation Pro Yesterday #1
No he won't. He says this now... but he'll change his mind. Something else will come up unexpectedly... QueerDuck Yesterday #2
His excuse will be..."Sorry! I have an ILLEGAL war to oversee." ProudMNDemocrat Yesterday #14
That seems like a likely way that this will unfold. He will not attend... QueerDuck Yesterday #15
Why on God's freen earth RandySF Yesterday #3
Every party needs a pooper C_U_L8R Yesterday #4
The skunk is coming to the party Pachamama Yesterday #5
The dude who's hosting does NOT sound like the type to take proper advantage of Orange Man's presence. ms liberty Yesterday #6
My response? lonely bird Yesterday #7
Oh, goodie PJMcK Yesterday #8
Guests at a front row table could be Danascot Yesterday #10
It is supposed to be fun. Trump doesn't do fun. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9
The Press Should Boycott erpowers Yesterday #11
I hope the correspondents and other glitterati enjoy the cheesebirders. JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #12
No comedians allowed Dave Id Yesterday #13
"Can't make it - Cuba's going through some things." Talitha Yesterday #16
Since he's effectively cowed the entire media into submission...... SergeStorms Yesterday #17
Will Jesus be there or was he deported? twodogsbarking Yesterday #18
Publicly welcome him. Then DON'T SHOW UP! Grins Yesterday #19
Consider how Jeff Bezos and Bari Weiss have neutered their respective news media. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago #20

QueerDuck

(1,458 posts)
2. No he won't. He says this now... but he'll change his mind. Something else will come up unexpectedly...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:31 AM
Yesterday

... 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

(20,802 posts)
14. His excuse will be..."Sorry! I have an ILLEGAL war to oversee."
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:05 AM
Yesterday

Anyone willing to back up that assertion?

QueerDuck

(1,458 posts)
15. That seems like a likely way that this will unfold. He will not attend...
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:13 AM
Yesterday

... he has zero sense of humor and very thin skin.

RandySF

(83,187 posts)
3. Why on God's freen earth
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:34 AM
Yesterday

would a self-respecting journalist (yeah, I know) sit down with Francisco Franco's reincarnation after calling the press "the enemy of the people"?

ms liberty

(11,143 posts)
6. The dude who's hosting does NOT sound like the type to take proper advantage of Orange Man's presence.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:52 AM
Yesterday

Sounds very vanilla, and not the French vanilla bean kind.

lonely bird

(2,871 posts)
7. My response?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:20 AM
Yesterday

I. Don’t. 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 couldn’t be bothered to vote and the biggest thanks to every shithead that wouldn’t vote for a woman. Fuck all of you.

Danascot

(5,204 posts)
10. Guests at a front row table could be
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:20 AM
Yesterday

Obama, Biden, Hillery, AOC, Jack Smith, Gavin Newsom, Kimmel and Colbert. Suggestions for additional guests are welcome.

erpowers

(9,443 posts)
11. The Press Should Boycott
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:23 AM
Yesterday

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

(24,654 posts)
12. I hope the correspondents and other glitterati enjoy the cheesebirders.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:33 AM
Yesterday

First wisecrack about Epstein, and Trump will "be called away to do presidential stuff".

"Take over this shit-show, J.D."

Dave Id

(271 posts)
13. No comedians allowed
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:34 AM
Yesterday

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.

SergeStorms

(20,390 posts)
17. Since he's effectively cowed the entire media into submission......
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:56 AM
Yesterday

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?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,695 posts)
20. Consider how Jeff Bezos and Bari Weiss have neutered their respective news media.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 03:14 PM
20 hrs ago

Krasnov is hoping for and may get an ass kiss fest.

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