US EditionTrump to attend White House Correspondents Dinner after longtime boycott
President Trump ends years-long boycott and will attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner as an honoree, marking a notable shift in relations with the press.
- On April 25, President Donald Trump will attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton, his first time there as commander-in-chief.
- Trump said he boycotted past dinners because "the Press was extraordinarily bad to me" and never attended during his first term or last year.
- Historically, Trump attended the dinner as a guest and was roasted in 2011 by then-President Barack Obama, while this year the WHCA chose Oz Pearlman, mentalist, as the entertainer.
- WHCA president Weijia Jiang welcomed Trump's acceptance, saying `We're happy the president has accepted our invitation and look forward to hosting him`; the decision ends a rupture with the White House press corps after strained relations and changes to press access last year.
- Positioned as an honor, the White House Correspondents' Association moves last year to avoid a comedian, amid ongoing tensions, while Trump tied his attendance to America’s 250th birthday.
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As is well known, the US President did not do so with the press. Several times he rejected the invitation to an important journalist event. Now he has changed his mind.
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