Donald Trump alternates between failed jokes and invectives against the press at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The second time was the good one, or rather the bad one, given the acrimony that Donald Trump unleashed on representatives of the American media. The President of the United States participated in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was held on Friday July 24 in Washington, after the cancellation of the event in April, following the intrusion of an armed man into the Hilton Hotel, where the reception was to be held.

For an hour, Donald Trump alternated between digressions and jokes – most of which fell flat – against the backdrop of an indictment against the press in general, and against a few journalists in particular.

In April, the American president had prepared a very offensive speech against the media, according to his advisers. The mystery hovered over the content of Friday’s, when Donald Trump had welcomed the desire of journalists to reorganize a reception, which took place in a smaller group and under close surveillance at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in Washington.

The speech began with a joke about the possibility of serving a third term, which the Constitution prohibits. Faced with the lack of success of his breedings, the billionaire ended up attacking his own teams: “Does anyone have it? (the joke) ? Frankly, I thought it was pretty good. In fact, that was the only good thing I found in the whole damn stupid talk. »

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