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The infamous White House correspondents' dinner when Trump was the joke
The Washington Post ^ | April 25, 2026 | Elahe Izadi, Kara Voght, Scott Nover

Posted on 04/25/2026 5:11:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

April 30, 2011 turned out to be one of Washington’s weirder nights.

The president of the United States had just secretly ordered the raid that would take out Sept. 11 attack mastermind Osama bin Laden and he was about to deliver jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

But it was the barbs that President Barack Obama and headliner Seth Meyers hurled at real estate mogul-turned-reality TV star Donald Trump that created a political narrative that lives on: jokes = presidential revenge campaign. (For the record, Trump has said he had a good time. He told The Post’s Karen Tumulty he didn’t decide to run for president until the night after Mitt Romney lost in 2012.)

And now, tonight, he’ll attend for his first time as president — he’s boycotted it since 2017—and is expected to deliver lengthy remarks.

But let’s rewind 15 years: He was sitting in the ballroom, the roasting was intense, and everyone in the packed ballroom saw it. This was when we still had a monoculture, when people all sort of watched the same things, so much of America also saw it. We also all knew the same celebrities, and a swarm had descended upon Washington for the weekend, invited by news organizations to sit at their tables. We’re talking Scarlett Johansson, Sean Penn, Mila Kunis, half the cast of “Glee,” if you remember what that was.

Trump was at a Washington Post table, at the invitation of Lally Weymouth, whose family owned The Post.

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1 posted on 04/25/2026 5:11:45 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

The old new sheriff is in town. Bend over folks. Here comes the judge. It’s your BOHICA moment Hollywierd.


2 posted on 04/25/2026 5:21:41 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOB)
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To: MinorityRepublican

April 27, 2011 — Obama releases his doctored birth certificate.
April 29, 2011 — Obama gives approval for killing Bin Laden.
April 30, 2011 — White House correspondents’ dinner.
May 1, 2011 — Obama announces Bin Laden was killed.

As I recall, the US knew Bin Laden’s hideout location months earlier but Obama refused to act. I think it was a distraction from the birth certificate. At a minimum, the timing was coordinated.


3 posted on 04/25/2026 5:26:01 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ugh! Paywall


4 posted on 04/25/2026 5:32:17 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Can be watched live here - https://www.youtube.com/live/Cy3KHt5M04c


5 posted on 04/25/2026 5:34:12 PM PDT by 4Liberty (One person’s Socialism is another’s neighborliness. -Tim Walz)
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To: All
Trump arrives at White House Correspondents' Dinner as RFK Jr reveals exactly who the president will 'offend'
6 posted on 04/25/2026 5:34:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

What has this disturbance been all about?


7 posted on 04/25/2026 5:40:17 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: hecticskeptic
What has this disturbance been all about?

There were gunshots in or from a stairwell.

8 posted on 04/25/2026 5:42:48 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: hecticskeptic

https://americasvoice.news/


9 posted on 04/25/2026 5:44:30 PM PDT by 4Liberty (One person’s Socialism is another’s neighborliness. -Tim Walz)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Didn’t Joe Biden argue against the raid to kill Bin Laden?


10 posted on 04/25/2026 6:32:41 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: MinorityRepublican

“But let’s rewind 15 years: He was sitting in the ballroom, the roasting was intense, and everyone in the packed ballroom saw it. This was when we still had a monoculture, when people all sort of watched the same things, so much of America also saw it.”

What delusion are (or were) these “reporters” living in if they think there was a monoculture in 2011 and everyone watched the same thing?

More evidence of the group-think in the urinalist world.


11 posted on 04/25/2026 8:12:36 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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