Trump Says He'll 'Probably' Skip WH Correspondents Dinner Again: Press are 'So Fake..Like Novelists'

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediate


by Ken Meyer | 8:00 am, April 6th, 2018

President Donald Trump made a surprise call into Bernie and Sid in the Morning today and said he’ll most likely bail on the White House Correspondents Dinner again.

“Nerd Prom” is coming back to Washington at the end of the month, and that has prompted a lot of speculation about whether the president would attend this time or skip out like last year. As Trump spoke on the radio about the recent Gridiron dinner, he went into his usual criticisms about how the press is “so bad,” “so fake,” and make up sources all the time while covering his administration.

“They’re like novelists. I call them novelists,” Trump said. “Now in some cases there’s sources, but then they won’t do it correctly either.”

Trump finished up the segment by saying he “probably” won’t do the dinner again.

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[samnsara]

1. thank gawd...

[Docreed2003]

2. Deligitimize the honest press...right out of the fascist playbook

And yet how much pushback is this getting other than the occasional lip service from TV personalities and op ed pieces. This is scary shit and his cult laps it up and delves even deeper in the skewed right wing propaganda machine due to their Pied Piper's song.

[tanyev]

3. Yeah, ok.

[democratisphere]

4. We wouldn't laugh with him, we would laugh at him!

[dameatball]

5. translation: I am a coward and I can't find anyone besides Roger Stone who would go in my place.

[dameatball]

13. I was wrong....he is making Sarah go. I'll bet she was delighted to hear that. Sad.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. Probably afraid............

they'd show highlights of past dinners, including the "roasting" the President Obama did of him a few years ago!

The roast begins around 3:15 - and you can see the steam rising at around 3:45 !! (but the whole thing is just so great to watch!)

[oberliner]

15. Some say this is the reason he ran

[DetlefK]

7. He skips it for the same reason he skips the presidential baseball pitch.

He doesn't throw the presidential pitch because he's an obese old man.

He doesn't want to go to the WH Correspondent's Dinner because he can't do comedy.
He would have to give a funny speech and the only comedy he knows is insulting other people.

[Tracer]

8. He gave a "speech" at a NYC Catholic dinner last year.

It was supposed to be funny, but it was so cringeworthy and embarassing to the attendees, that I almost --- almost --- felt sorry for him.

[dameatball]

14. I think his fingers are just too short to wrap around a baseball.

[Javaman]

9. narcissists don't like to be made fun of.

psychopaths of the dark triad are funny like that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad

[Control-Z]

19. I learned something new this morning.

Had never heard of the dark triad. It sure does fit the bastard.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. So WTF, we don't need him, anyway. Get Alec Baldwin instead.

He can be the stand-in for Trump.

[oberliner]

16. Please no

Had enough of Alec B doing Trump.

[Cha]

11. Chickenshit.. President Obama wasn't afraid

of anything.

[truthisfreedom]

12. Fake president gives fake excuse

[Arazi]

17. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is going instead. ROAST HER

[forgotmylogin]

18. I still say...

have her prepare a speech, then have the moderator call on everyone but her.