Posted on 04/24/2017 9:55:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump is once again trolling the media — and looking to turn tables on the big mockfest they had planned for him — by skipping the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday.
Instead of spending the evening getting skewered by a hostile Fourth Estate and a politicized comedian, Trump has opted to throw a party of his own with thousands of his supporters in Pennsylvania.
He tweeted, “Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!”
That means much of the elite media will have to hang up their tuxes and stilettos and head to the Keystone State.
Trump is again sticking it to the professionals who get paid to cover him, this time by denying them the opportunity to get dressed up and hobnob with their colleagues, and yuk it up at his expense. He’s fed up with their one-sided coverage, and he knows exactly how to hit them where it hurts.
“Over the years you make a mistake, I fully understand when they hit you, but when they make stories up, when they create sources — ’cause I believe that sometimes they don’t have sources, you know, the sources don’t exist,” Trump said in an interview with “Fox & Friends,” which came as he continued his verbal assault on the left-leaning press, calling news organizations like The New York Times, CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS, “fake news.”
Normally, the Sunday shows would focus on highlights from the dinner. Now Trump will own the news cycle. He’s kneecapped the event known as “nerd prom.”
At first glance it may have seemed thin-skinned of Trump to announce in February that he wouldn’t attend the dinner. But when he can’t even host the Easter egg roll without ridiculous coverage comparing his crowds to Obama’s, it’s hard to argue the point.
He’ll be the first president since Ronald Reagan to be a no-show — and Reagan bailed because he was recovering from a gunshot wound from a failed assassination attempt.
Saturday marks Trump’s 100th day in office — a key benchmark on the effectiveness of a new president.
But Trump will be able to command that narrative.
It would have been incredibly entertaining to watch Trump interact with many reporters and news outlets that he calls fake news. But it will be more fun watching him toy with them in Pennsylvania while they play to an empty seat.
This guy is JUST awesome!
Just about the same situation, but President Trump gets to dodge the bullet. /S
Redneck awesome
[That means much of the elite media will have to hang up their tuxes and stilettos and head to the Keystone State.]
ROTFL
“I’M WITH HIM!”
Winning,
DJT MAGA!
Great title.
I think.. that what’s to unfold from tomorrow night through Friday night, *nobody* of the MenSeekingMen will be free to attend the WHCD.
Beautiful ..... :-)
More than ‘ damned by faint praise’......it is almost admiration
Outstanding, Mr.President!!
This man must be an awesome chess player.
Donald J. Trump has what few people possess, a strategic brain, who like a master chess player, always plots five or six moves ahead of the daily ongoing activity.
In addition he surrounds himself with a brilliant “support” team of individuals of many diversified, ideas and strategy thoughts of their own. This group includes men, women, family, friends, Republicans, Democrats & common everyday people. This folks, is the stuff that makes a great leader!!!
The WHCD this coming Saturday evening will be boring and dull as usual. It will be worse then most of these useless wastes of time!!! Not many folks will be watching this “freak” show of “brainless” media and “Hollywood” plastics. The WHCD could pull “LOSERS” Obama & Clinton out of their hats for an appearance...but, that would only drive the TV/Online viewership down drastically!!! Using “Has Beens”, is no way to run a successful, WHCD!!!
Trump will own the night and the nation....with “his” folks, the common every day American people, who make this country function everyday!!! Bravo....POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!!
And, as the brilliant, Director/Actor/Filmmaker, Clint Eastwood puts forth some of the famous words of
“The Outlaw Josey Wales”, “We done got ‘em again, Josey...didn’t we?”. Go Donald J. Trump!!! Make America Great Again!!!
Second-banana reporters will be sent to the venue in the "boondocks" where Trump will be speaking that night....lower-level reporters that get all the crappy assignments will be the ones that have to forego the banquet.
Brilliant move by the President. I'm still chuckling !
Leni
The twerp’s ball?
who would want to go?
Losers.
MSM is losing bigly.
Cities are tearing historical monuments out by the dozen, our traditions are constantly under attack, our heritage erased and replaced with gay transvestite propaganda.
Yet traditions like this stupid nerd prom are allowed to continue!
This whole dinner tradition was designed for the elites of both parties and press to get together and gloat with a wink and a nod, giving us all the middle finger while laughing and drinking. I hope Trump skips every one of these, kill this tradition!!
In a venue that smells like. . . farm animals.
How dare you disparage farm animals!
Besides, I like farm animals. I eat some every day.
Boston Herald? I hope she’s planning on moving quickly.
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