The thing about President Trump's speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner that the media's pretending not to understand (or actually don't get) is that the jokes and other remarks weren't written for many of the "journalists" in that room. The gathered press were the punchline and hated what was said because comments like this from Trump are completely true and many of the gathered journos didn't appreciate the reminder:
TRUMP at WHCA Dinner: “You people have no idea how lucky you are. When I'm gone, you're all going to be broke. Your business model is going to be finished. No. It's true.”
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 25, 2026
“When I'm not around, you're going to be broke. There's not going to be anybody to report on. Nobody gives… pic.twitter.com/3UfuDKMN9r
Yep, nothing pisses "journalists" off more than having to listen to somebody explain what it is they actually do for a living, and the humorless scolds at The Washington Post were among the mortified.
Like I said, Trump's speech wasn't written for these people, and it showed:
I want Trump to go to the WHCD every year just so I can see journos look this miserable. pic.twitter.com/T7NQVG6TgH
— Burt Macklin (@BurtMaclin_FBI) July 25, 2026
However, the media's desired spin afterwards was that Trump's speech was boring at best, and "bombed" at worst.
The Daily Beast of course was among lefty media outlets saying Trump's speech was a "trainwreck."
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The CNN anchor has taken a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump over his trainwreck White House Correspondents’ Dinner appearance. https://t.co/qoNOrubQZw
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 26, 2026
CNN's resident Tater, Brian Stelter, said Trump bombed, but that assumes the jokes were written to make the gathered media hacks laugh, which wasn't the case.
A roomful of humorless scolds not laughing because they were the target of the jokes doesn’t mean he bombed. pic.twitter.com/FVC2a18rTv
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) July 25, 2026
Stelter said some in attendance suggested there shouldn't be another WHCD with Trump in office.
Last night's awkwardness at the @WHCA dinner has some attendees suggesting it shouldn't happen next year... pic.twitter.com/C1ExE2o9Ju
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 26, 2026
That really struck me as funny. The TDS crowd, which includes much of the media, say that Trump's appearance at the WHCD was a train wreck and a total embarrassment for the president. These are the same people saying they don't want the event to happen again? Something doesn't add up.
In actuality what appears to have happened is that the lib media does not want to be given a very public wedgie ever again.
