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Trump bombs in WHCD return and then unleashes on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and media in jaw-dropping hour-long rant
- At one point, the president openly complained about the “frickin’ stupid speech that they wrote” for him to offer the crowd, after a bizarre sex joke about stairs didn’t earn many laughs.
- Despite ending his routine by claiming he was the “most open and transparent” president in history who had “tremendous respect” for journalists, the Republican mostly railed against the gathered members of the Washington press corps, who had assembled for the dinner after the original 2026 event was disrupted by a gunman in April.
- All these awards, Trump said.
Even Republicans looked stunned amid the stone-faced White House Correspondents’ Dinner ballroom of journalists before president revealed ‘Trump 2028’ punchline Even Republicans looked stunned amid the stone-faced White House Correspondents’ Dinner ballroom of journalists before president revealed ‘Trump 2028’ punchline President Donald Trump used a rambling, roughly hour-long speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Friday to savage members of the media and make a series of crude, often poorly received jokes about critics and Democrats. At one point, the president openly complained about the “frickin’ stupid speech that they wrote” for him to offer the crowd, after a bizarre sex joke about stairs didn’t earn many laughs. Despite ending his routine by claiming he was the “most open and transparent” president in history who had “tremendous respect” for journalists, the Republican mostly railed against the gathered members of the Washington press corps, who had assembled for the dinner after the original 2026 event was disrupted by a gunman in April.
He kicked things off by jokingly complaining about a group of Wall Street Journal reporters who won awards at the dinner for their coverage of the Trump-Epstein saga, reporting that inspired the president to launch an unsuccessful $10 billion defamation suit last year. “All these awards, Trump said. “Do I have a say?
The president reserved the worst of his ire for CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, though, repeating his frequent demand that she “smile” more when she covers him. The comments were the latest in President Trump’s long history of singling out female journalists, whom he has previously compared to pigs and called stupid.””
Source: Independent World