President Trump on Monday continued to slam Saturdayā nightās White Housź¦æe Correspondentsā Dinner šā calling it a ātotal disasterā that is āDEAD as we know it.ā
āThis was a total disaster and an embarrassment to our great Country and all that it stands for. FAKE NEWS is alive and well and beautifully represented āon Saturday night!ā
His latest attack on the yearly gala followed in which he said: āPut Dinneš¦¹r to rest, or start over!ā
During the 2011 dinner, which Trump ā a leader of the birther movemenź§t ā attended as a guest of the Washington Post, he was roasted by the āSaturday Night Liveā comedian and mocked by then-President Barack Obama.
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For the second year in a row, the president skipped the gala event, choosing to hold a campaign rally in Washington, Mich., where he slammed the āfake neā±wsā media, ašired his grievances and touted his accomplishments.
Meanwhile, Wolf delivered a 20-minute monologue in which she targeted ź¦Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was seated steps away.
āWhile Washington, Michigan, was a big success, Washington, D.C., just didnāt work. Everyone is talking about the fact that the White House Correspondents Dinner was a very big, boring bust…the so-called comedian really ābombed,āā
Many journalists and others have assailed Wolf for her scathing, raš„unchy performance.
WHCA president Margaret Talev said the monologue “was not in the spirit” of the organization’s mission of promoting journalism and a free press.
“Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people,” Talev said in a statement.