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The president appeared to be in good spirits throughout the evening and joked about a third term in office.
President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, three months after an April shooting caused the original event to be cancelled. He delivered a roughly hour-long speech, poking fun at the press and joking about a third term, after the White House had billed his remarks as "unifying yet vicious." The redo was scaled down with increased security.
BBC News – World The president appeared to be in good spirits throughout the evening and joked about a third term in office.
After the shooting at the April event, Trump revealed that he had intended to rip into the media during his speech, but would now likely not do so.
The president appeared to be in good spirits throughout the evening and joked about a third term in office.
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BBC News – World The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.
Correspondents’ dinner begins in Washington, three months after original event was halted by a shooting The rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner is under way in Washington, three months after the original event was scrapped in April when a man fired a shotgun at a security checkpoint outside the ballroom. Donald Trump arrived at the Waldorf Astoria for the rescheduled gala, which organizers say will feel s…
The White House Correspondents' Dinner will have a redo in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, after the original event was interrupted in April when a gunman stormed in. It'll be a scaled-down event with scaled-up security. Nicole Sganga reports.
President Trump is expected to attend the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
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