Trump orders officials not to attend White House Correspondents' Dinner
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, who bemoaned his treatment by the news media in a flurry of tweets on Tuesday, has barred members of his staff and
nistration from attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, officials said.
Trump had already said he would not attend the annual dinner, instead scheduling a political rally in Wisconsin, but he had not decided whether anyone from his staff could
attend. It set off a scramble as many staffers had accepted invitations thinking Trump would allow them to go.
Trump, who has denounced the mainstream news media as “fake news” and routinely directs his supporters to watch the Fox News Channel, has not attended the dinner since
he became president in January 2017. He has stopped his press secretary, Sarah Sanders, from conducting daily briefings.
In a morning tweet, Trump wrote: “In the “old days” if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, “It’s the economy
stupid.” “Today I have, as President, perhaps the greatest economy in history...and to the Mainstream Media, it means NOTHING. But it will!” he said.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1120630405831569408
Bars staff from attending yet doesn't attend himself. Coward can't take a lick of criticism but will gladly leverage any petty projection of power
Why do I have a feeling this has something to do with how the entertainment they had last year cracked jokes at his expense?
I'd show up just to piss him off.
We're comprehensively, vertically and horizontally from monday til sunday fucked.
"On this one they will have to get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness-they are truly the Enemy of the People!"
I don't have a reaction image for this one. I really don't.
I wouldn't say you're entirely out of luck:
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It's tradition at the WH Correspondents' dinner to roast the President. Trump's one of the first presidents to refuse to attend because he can't take the heat.
In a morning tweet, Trump wrote: “In the “old days” if you were President and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism. Remember, “It’s the economy
stupid.”
That's not how it works
Please Alec Baldwin pretend to be him at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. It would infuriate Trump.
You guys are alright, don't show up to the White House Correspondent's Dinner tomorrow.
It's going to be televised, no need to show up. And Trump will watch it because it's going to be about Trump for a lot of it. And I hope whoever gets the host gig has two sets. One they give the coordinators to get the green light, and the one they're going to actually do that slays Trump's ego
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