In the same way that President Donald Trumpâs second term is unlike any other, this weekendâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner will be unlike any other. Trump will be attending the gala for the first time as president and speaking before thousands of journalists and politicos â leaving attendees to wonder what heâll say and how the room will react. Will the president use a dinner dedicated to the First Amendment to attack journalists and air his well-worn grievances? Or will he deliver the barbs with a lighter touch, perhaps in the joking, back-slapping manner he sometimes adopts around reporters? A wide range of critics say the soirée risks normalizing Trumpâs anti-democratic assaults on the press. Trumpâs presence at the event is âa profound contradiction of its purpose,â a petition signed by 250-plus veteran journalists and several media advocacy groups said earlier this week. But the journalists who invited him, the board of the White House Correspondentsâ Association, say they are glad Trump is ending a years-long boycott of the dinner and embracing a tradition that dates back one hundred years. The association has been inviting the sitting president to
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Oz Pearlman is hoping that his mentalist wizardry is the most memorable moment at tonightâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner. But even Pearlman probably canât predict what President Trump is going to say on stage. Trump is…
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Oz Pearlman is hoping that his mentalist wizardry is the most memorable moment at tonightâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner. But even Pearlman probably canât predict what President Trump is going to say on…
Read original at CNN →In the same way that President Donald Trumpâs second term is unlike any other, this weekendâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner will be unlike any other. Trump will be attending the gala for the first time as…
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Oz Pearlman is hoping that his mentalist wizardry is the most memorable moment at tonightâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner. But even Pearlman probably canât predict what President Trump is going to say on stage. Trump is…
View source →In the same way that President Donald Trumpâs second term is unlike any other, this weekendâs White House Correspondentsâ Dinner will be unlike any other. Trump will be attending the gala for the first time as president and speaking…
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