It all comes back to the 2011 Correspondents Dinner. Please take a look at this clip, DT is seething. Did this night help shape his hatred for Obama and the media. Sure, he hated Obama before then but this level of humiliation was the beginning of his revenge…a man driven by his vindictiveness.
“Donald Trump was the focus of President Obama’s jokes at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. It was there that Trump resolved to run for president, adviser Roger Stone tells FRONTLINE in “The Choice 2016,” coming to PBS Sept. 27.”
It is no surprise that DT is avoiding the WH Correspondents dinner this year. His war on the media is an embarrassment and I can only imagine attending would have been like walking into the lions den as the lion tamer–if the lions has been abused for month after month. It will be interesting to see how the night plays out. Samantha Bee was planning an alternative event on the same night, I wonder if if they will combine events and roast DT eventhough he is not in attendance.
I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! (2)
Yah, no way he wrote that–way too polite.
Many had planned to boycott and Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Bloomberg had cancelled their parties that usually draw a celebrity crowd and plenty of press. It will be interesting to see what the event turns into now. I imagine it will be a good show.
I hope they use this opportunity to celebrate Freedom of the Press and the field of journalism.
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Resources:
Trump to skip White House correspondents’ dinner: ‘No reason for him to go in and sit and pretend’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/02/25/trump-will-not-attend-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/?utm_term=.ffb680fb01a4
Trump Plans to Skip White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, https://nyti.ms/2lHpVPg
