Expect the unexpected for Trump’s first White House Correspondents’ Dinner as president | CNN Business

Oz Pearlman is hoping that his mentalist wizardry is the most memorable moment at tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But even Pearlman probably can’t predict what President Trump is going to say on stage. Trump is attending Washington’s annual celebration of the First Amendment for the first time as president. It’s a highly unusual setting for a president who frequently rails against real news he calls “fake.” Given both Trump’s words and actions against the press, the White House Correspondents’ Association has come under criticism for encouraging him to come to the dinner. But the association says it is glad Trump is ending his years-long boycott of the black-tie affair, which has hosted the sitting president for more than a century. Trump’s speech and Pearlman’s performance will be two of the headlines of the evening, televised live on CNN, C-SPAN and other channels. C-SPAN is adding extra cameras in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, partly because Pearlman is expected to walk through parts of the cavernous hall during his act. Those cameras will also be trained on journalists’ faces during Trump’s speech — and vice versa. At a pre-din