CNN’s Scott Jennings Struggles to Defend Trump’s ‘Ornery Insults’ at WHCD: ‘Going to Be Controversial’
Jennings praised Trump’s respect for the press but said several jokes veered into insults that did not land for many audiences.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump appeared at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner, an event originally delayed following an assassination attempt on the president in May.
- Traditionally a night for presidential self-deprecation to prove democracy's resilience, the dinner featured a grievance-laden routine from Trump instead, targeting media figures including CNN's Kaitlan Collins.
- Trump compared Collins to Dylan Mulvaney and joked about running for a fourth term, violating the 22nd Amendment, while breaking character to berate his speechwriters as "freaking stupid."
- Pundit Scott Jennings labeled the performance mixed, while CNN CEO Mark Thompson defended the network's staff and journalist Acosta condemned the speech as "full of hate and spite."
- The event occurred amid heightened security following an April attack on Secret Service Officer Victor Gonzales, as Trump balanced solemn tributes with his standard repertoire of resentment.
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CNN’s Scott Jennings Struggles to Defend Trump’s ‘Ornery Insults’ at WHCD: ‘Going to Be Controversial’
Even CNN’s Scott Jennings had a hard time defending President Donald Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner jokes. The reliably pro-Trump pundit praised the president for appearing at the rescheduled dinner but readily acknowledged some of the commander in chief’s attempts at humor — which included comparing CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney — simply didn’t “land.” Jennings found the bright side in the roug…
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