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Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner

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Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner

By Byron Tau
Apr 30, 2017

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Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward as they address the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. Cliff Owen/AP

WASHINGTON — The annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner went forward on Saturday without President Donald Trump, the first president in more than 30 years to skip the gala. Trump opted to hold a rally in Pennsylvania to mark his hundredth day in office, rather than attend the event in Washington, which celebrates both the White House press corps and the presidency. Typically, presidents use the event to deliver a lighthearted monologue about relations between the media and the administration. The event also stars a professional comedian, who uses the event to poke fun at both the press and the administration. Instead of a monologue from Trump, the event was headlined by veteran journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, along with comedian Hasan Minhaj. Woodward and Bernstein are best known as the investigative reporting team that helped expose the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office in 1974. Minhaj is a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “Daily Show.”
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The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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Really? a "lighthearted roast" ha! that's funny. Who in their right mind would attend an event that is filled with people who have shown nothing but dislike for you and have vilified you? Would you?
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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Comedian Hasan Minhaj roasted Trump in absentia and heaped some heavy doses of criticism as well at many of the correspondents at the event.
I thoroughly enjoyed the humor.

Trump's brazenly opportunistic, narcissistic style coupled with his utter disregard for honesty absolutely does not resonate with me.

Please God, save the World from this egotistical Nutjob!
 
holbritter said:
Really? a "lighthearted roast" ha! that's funny. Who in their right mind would attend an event that is filled with people who have shown nothing but dislike for you and have vilified you? Would you?
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So Trump is a thin skinned snowflake?
 
holbritter said:
Really? a "lighthearted roast" ha! that's funny. Who in their right mind would attend an event that is filled with people who have shown nothing but dislike for you and have vilified you? Would you?
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It is called tradition. Trump also failed to throw out the first pitch at the start of BB season. Tradition that goes back to President Taft.

Releasing his tax returns. Its a pattern. It's un-American.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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Good for him.
 
The declaration that "we are not fake news" while narcissistically patting themselves on the back called a similar situation to mind.



Oh how we love irony.
 
Jetboogieman said:
So Trump is a thin skinned snowflake?
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The thin skinned snowflake is more apt to seek to have the event cancelled than simply to elect not to attend it and to state why that decision was made.
 
1750Texan said:
It is called tradition. Trump also failed to throw out the first pitch at the start of BB season. Tradition that goes back to President Taft.

Releasing his tax returns. Its a pattern. It's un-American.
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Trump is a non-traditionalist President. And he's demonstrably thin-skinned. But bringing up his not throwing out the first pitch is pretty petty.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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Interesting their celebrating the First Amendment for THEMSELVES. When colleges restrict it, where's their outrage?
 
1750Texan said:
It is called tradition. Trump also failed to throw out the first pitch at the start of BB season. Tradition that goes back to President Taft.

Releasing his tax returns. Its a pattern. It's un-American.
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Im ok with changing traditions that dont work. Appeasment, Apology tours, failed foreign policies, not enforcing laws, open borders, job killing regulations, etc.

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is defined by one word. Insanity.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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The media will treat it like they are being marched into the ovens at Dachau because they missed their chance to witness the best writers in the world lay their best insults on Trump.

Didn't the sign on the drinking fountain give the Trumpettes enough of a hint?
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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That event is stupid anyways. They should just straight up cancel it and replace it with a raffle for average citizens to go dine with the President, and hist staff.
 
I don't really care what Trump does with his social life. Go down to Florida. Take a 4-year vacation. Keep tweeting away. Don't communicate with the House and Senate. In this regard, the Republicans will not accomplish any of their Contract on America.
 
Instead he held a rally to pamper his snowflake persona and then lied about attendance breaking the all-time record. He said people were waiting outside because it was full yet there are large sections of empty seats, lmao...

Empty Seats
 
1750Texan said:
It is called tradition. Trump also failed to throw out the first pitch at the start of BB season. Tradition that goes back to President Taft.

Releasing his tax returns. Its a pattern. It's un-American.
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He's too thin skinned to participate in anything that puts him in front of all people, not just those who elected him. He is a really poor sport.
 
The display of sour grapes by Trump supporters in this thread is hilarious.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Trump breaks with 30-year tradition in skipping White House correspondents dinner


The last President to miss this event was Ronald Reagan, but only because he was recuperating from an assassin's bullet. The theme of this dinner was "Celebrating the First Amendment" featuring keynote speakers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of Watergate fame. Bernstein quoted a line from the movie version of “All the President’s Men,” based on their book about their Watergate investigation. “When lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road map in front of us. Yes, follow the money, but follow the lies.” Bernstein said. Rather than attend the traditional beltway dinner and enjoy the lighthearted roast, the coward Trump fled to Harrisburg, Pa where is bashed the media at a rally marking his first [inauspicious] 100 days.
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Many on the left claim that Trump is unstable, an idiot, you name it. Would a mentally stable person or someone who was not an idiot want to purposely go to a place just to be abused? Maybe he's not mentally unstable or an idiot after all.
 
akyron said:
Im ok with changing traditions that dont work. Appeasment, Apology tours, failed foreign policies, not enforcing laws, open borders, job killing regulations, etc.

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is defined by one word. Insanity.
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Trump has no sense of tradition, because he has no sense of history. Trump is not like you or me. He did not have a paper route, play little league, go to summer camp, go camping, build forts in the back yard, spend all day at the pool and come home dark as the night.

Trump is not an American. He lives in America. He was born in America.
 
Moderate Right said:
Many on the left claim that Trump is unstable, an idiot, you name it. Would a mentally stable person or someone who was not an idiot want to purposely go to a place just to be abused? Maybe he's not mentally unstable or an idiot after all.
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If my first hundred days were anything like Trump's, I too might be hesitant to show my face anywhere but in front of adoring fans.

Anyway, it's a further sign that when Trump supporters use a label, they're really thinking of themselves. The snowflakes were Trump and his supporters all the time.
 
1750Texan said:
It is called tradition. Trump also failed to throw out the first pitch at the start of BB season. Tradition that goes back to President Taft.

Releasing his tax returns. Its a pattern. It's un-American.
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Heh, calling someone a Russian agent is "tradition" - a rejected one, which the Left-wing media are trying to revive.

Cardinal said:
If my first hundred days were anything like Trump's, I too might be hesitant to show my face anywhere but in front of adoring fans.

Anyway, it's a further sign that when Trump supporters use a label, they're really thinking of themselves. The snowflakes were Trump and his supporters all the time.
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Let's be clear - "snowflakes" is a term invented due to onerous Left-wing behavior and fragility, not anyone else's. You can try to culturally appropriate the term for yourself, but it doesn't wash.
 
Cardinal said:
If my first hundred days were anything like Trump's, I too might be hesitant to show my face anywhere but in front of adoring fans.

Anyway, it's a further sign that when Trump supporters use a label, they're really thinking of themselves. The snowflakes were Trump and his supporters all the time.
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You know that they were just going to abuse him and that that was the only purpose. Exactly what has been wrong with his first 100 days? Please list specifics. But, I bet I get the big dodge.
 
1750Texan said:
Trump has no sense of tradition, because he has no sense of history. Trump is not like you or me. He did not have a paper route, play little league, go to summer camp, go camping, build forts in the back yard, spend all day at the pool and come home dark as the night.

Trump is not an American. He lives in America. He was born in America.
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If those are the requirements for being an American, there are 100 million or more citizens living in the United States who are not Americans.
 
holbritter said:
Really? a "lighthearted roast" ha! that's funny. Who in their right mind would attend an event that is filled with people who have shown nothing but dislike for you and have vilified you? Would you?
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Dubya did.
 
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