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- Trump Trashes His Own Speechwriters for WHCD Address: ‘Freaking Stupid Speech ...
At least one of President Donald Trump’s jokes at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner actually landed: the one where he trashed his own speech. Trump’s more than hour long speech Friday at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington D.C. was previewed by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as “unifying, but vicious” — but instead, mostly fell flat. Even the president realized the night wasn’t going so well when he tried to make a joke about term limits for aging members of Congress and was initially greeted with silence: All joking aside, I do think we need term limits in Congress. I think term limits are very important because I see what’s happening. I see what’s happening. The other day, a senator I knew got a text, a great guy, from his wife, and she said, when you get home, I want to have you immediately come up the stairs and make love to me. And he said, I can’t do both. You know what? You know? In other words, you can’t go up the stairs and make love. Does anybody get that one? I thought that was actually pretty good. That was actually the only thing I thought was good in this whole freaking stupid speech that they wrote. That was the only good one. And that went down with not exactly great laughter. I think, you know. In other words, you can’t go up the stairs and make love too old. So we’re looking for term limits. Does anybody understand this stuff? The annual dinner was originally held in May but was interrupted when a California man, Cole Tomas Allen, allegedly opened fire at the venue. He was later charged with attempting to assassinate the president. The dinner was then rescheduled and the venue changed from the Washington Hilton to the smaller Waldorf Astoria in Washington D.C., with heightened security measures. Watch above via CNN.The post Trump Trashes His Own Speechwriters for WHCD Address: ‘Freaking Stupid Speech They Wrote’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.39 mins ago - CNN’s Scott Jennings Struggles to Defend Trump’s ‘Ornery Insults’ at WHC...Even CNN’s Scott Jennings had a hard time defending President Donald Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner jokes. The reliably pro-Trump pundit praised the president for appearing at the rescheduled dinner but readily acknowledged some of the commander in chief’s attempts at humor — which included comparing CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney — simply didn’t “land.” Jennings found the bright side in the roughly hour long speech: He started the speech with something that I thought was good and necessary. We do not yield to political violence. I thought that was probably the best line of the speech, given the nature of the event tonight. And he ended the speech by saying, I have great respect for your profession. Now the middle of it is going to be controversial because some of the jokes landed and some of the jokes didn’t. I thought the best joke was the RFK joke. You know, I hope you enjoyed the beef. He ran over the cow that I think, that was probably the best joke of, some of the jokes veered off into very, sort of ornery insults. And that’s not going to land for many audiences. But I did like the part about not yielding to political violence. And I did like the fact that he did show respect to the press and their role in our American politics. Trump made his first appearance at the event Friday, after the annual event was rescheduled from May 5 when a California man named Cole Tomas Allen allegedly opened fire in what authorities said was an assassination attempt on the president. The president’s appearance with the press group also came after his Department of Justice issued, then was forced to withdraw, subpoenas to four journalists from The New York Times over their reporting of security issues involving the new Air Force One, a legal move which shocked many. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN’s Scott Jennings Struggles to Defend Trump’s ‘Ornery Insults’ at WHCD: ‘Going to Be Controversial’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- CNN Panel Excoriates Trump’s WHCD Speech: ‘He Bombed! He Objectively Bombed!...“My, my!” Said CNN anchor Laura Coates, seconds after President Donald Trump’s speech at Friday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Was that the President of the United States? The network’s panel of analysts wasted little time tearing into the president for his hour-and-four minute address at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington. Notably, Coates and co-anchor John Berman immediately read a statement from CNN president Mark Thompson standing behind the network’s journalists — and a second statement from a network spokesperson backing Kaitlan Collins, who Trump targeted in one particularly shocking moment. “Kaitlan Collins is an exceptional, trusted journalist being honored tonight for her depth of knowledge and the context she provides to audiences all over the world,” Berman said, reading the statement issued by a network spokesperson. “She reports every day from the White House and the field with real strength and tenacity and skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day. We stand by her to the fullest extent.” Coates noted Trump’s attacks against several other CNN anchors — including Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper — as she read the statement from Thompson. “We stand by our journalists and the integrity and fair-mindedness with which the CNN team reports the news,” Coates said, quoting Thompson. “Honest, accurate journalism may sometimes irritate politicians, but our right to report and present that reporting to the public without government interference is fully protected by the US Constitution. CNN will continue to exercise this right.” Van Jones — who, earlier in the evening, gave Trump kudos for attending the dinner — proceeded to bash his speech. “I think the worst thing you can say is that it just wasn’t funny at all,” Jones said. “It just wasn’t funny. It was mean and small. But you can be mean and small and funny. This was mean and small and not funny. And he didn’t talk about any American besides himself and his enemies. There are people at home who can’t figure out how to pay for gas. There are people at home who worry about their nephew who’s serving overseas. There’s people at home who have real problems, who would love to see somebody reflect their reality and maybe make fun of some of their enemies, some of the their problems. He missed the entire opportunity to talk to those people.” CNN contributor Alyssa Farah Griffin… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
- Trump Unleashes Nasty Tirade at Ilhan Omar: ‘She Oughta Get the Hell Out of Ou...President Donald Trump launched a wild rant at Friday’s make-up White House Correspondents’ Dinner towards Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), declaring, “She oughta get the hell out of our country!” Speaking about what he described as “California’s policies of enabling wildfires, paying drug addicts to be homeless, giving free sex changes to illegals, and telling rich people they’re going to take away all your money,” Trump claimed that people are “fleeing in droves.” “We can’t have that in this country,” the president said. “It’s becoming such a horrible and dangerous location that Ilhan Omar, one of my favorites, and her brother are thinking about moving together. They’re very much in love.” Here, the president was once again referencing unfounded claims that the congresswoman married her brother to gain entrance into the U.S. from Somalia. In reality, Omar and her family fled the civil war in Somalia when she was eight, before spending four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. They arrived in the U.S. in 1995, when Omar was 12 years old. “A video has surfaced recently of Ilhan giving a speech, referring to World War II as World War 11,” Trump continued. “And they asked her about that, and she still thought she got it right. But I’m not surprised, because she’s a low I.Q. person, and she’s also a very dishonest person, and she oughta get the hell out of our country!” The president added, “She shouldn’t be here. She shouldn’t be in our country. She also calls her brother ‘husband number one.’ Omar is reportedly being investigated for fraud. She revised her net worth. I was shocked to see that she was worth much more than $30 million. And then when the press got on her, she revised it slightly downward to less than $18,000.” Omar told TMZ in May that she believes she’s being unfairly targeted because the Trump administration is full of “racists” and is “bigoted.” Watch the full clip above via CNN.The post Trump Unleashes Nasty Tirade at Ilhan Omar: ‘She Oughta Get the Hell Out of Our Country!’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
- ‘Who the Hell Wrote That Line?!’ Trump Seethes After His Fat Joke About Chri...President Donald Trump wondered, “Who the hell wrote that line?!” after a joke about former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s weight got minimal laughter at Friday’s make-up White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The dinner was rescheduled after Cole Tomas Allen allegedly opened fire outside the Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom, wounding a Secret Service agent whose bulletproof vest was hit with a gunshot. No one was killed in the incident, and Allen has since pleaded not guilty. Referencing his speech on the 4th of July for America’s 250th birthday, which was delayed due to weather, Trump again claimed that 450,000 people were initially there, despite conceding it may have only been 422,000 at the time on Truth Social. “It was a fantastic celebration,” Trump touted. “But I can exclusively reveal to you this evening that for the heaviest of the heavyweights, we will have sloppy Chris Christie, one of the sloppiest human beings you’ll ever meet.” He continued, incorrectly reciting Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s title, “Fighting, I would say, I could mention the governor of Chicago, but I’m gonna mention, instead, [Rep.] Jerry Nadler [D-NY], and they’re fighting for a big piece of cheesecake. Big fat piece of cheesecake.” “Who the hell wrote that line?” he said, as the camera panned to a confused crowd. “But it is true.” Referencing CNN’s Anderson Cooper and MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell, Trump went on, “Anderson Cooper is going to fight Lawrence O’Donnell. I’m not a fan of Lawrence O’Donnell. I like Anderson, actually, ’cause he’s covered me well for many years. Then he went bad as soon as I went for politics… But he’s got a little different persuasion from me, in many ways actually.” He then said that former CNN host Don Lemon had “the lowest ratings and the lowest I.Q. on television.” Watch the full clip above via Fox News.The post ‘Who the Hell Wrote That Line?!’ Trump Seethes After His Fat Joke About Chris Christie Bombs first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
- ‘She Never Smiles’: Trump Attacks CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at WHCD — Compar...President Donald Trump attacked CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at Friday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner — claiming she “never smiles” and comparing her to trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Roughly 10 minutes into a wild, rambling address, the president mockingly saluted Collins — who was presented an award from the White House Correspondents’ Association. “I want to personally congratulate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award,” Trump said. “It was all about me. It was a fake, she shouldn’t get the award, it was a fake. But I didn’t mind. I said, ‘Kaitlan, congratulations.’ But it was fake, there’s no question about it. But she’s a young, attractive woman. She never smiles. I said, ‘Kaitlan do you ever smile? Smile!’ You have a nice position, you’re at CNN fake news. You should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan! Just smile.” The president went on to compare Collins to Mulvaney — who gained national attention for being featured in a promotion by Bud Light. “I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship,” Trump said. “But then I informed her that it wasn’t her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney.” The president went on to attack Mulvaney as well. “Dylan Mulvaney cost Bud Light $35 billion in market cap,” Trump said. “That was the worst commercial ever made, by the way, for those few people that want to hear that. Most people don’t care, but I would. I wouldn’t want to hire Dylan anytime soon. Think of it. They hired Dylan Mulvaney, and their market cap has gone down by $35 billion. Who wrote that commercial?” In a statement provided to Mediaite, a CNN spokesperson said, “Kaitlan Collins is an exceptional, trusted journalist being honored tonight for her depth of knowledge and the context she provides to audiences all over the world. She reports every day from the White House and the field with real strength and tenacity and skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day. We stand by her to the fullest extent.” Watch above, via CNN.The post ‘She Never Smiles’: Trump Attacks CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at WHCD — Compares Her to Trans Influencer Dylan Mulvaney first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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