{"id":1152,"date":"2026-07-25T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:07:40","slug":"trump-at-whcd-the-show-must-go-on-then-ripping-into-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Trump at WHCD: \u201cThe show must go on\u201d \u2014 then \u201cripping\u201d into the press"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump returned to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner Friday night, three months after gunfire abruptly ended the original event, delivering an hourlong speech that opened with a solemn tribute to the victims and first responders before gradually giving way to familiar grievances, campaign-style riffs and renewed attacks on political rivals and the media.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs I said three months ago, the show must go on,\u201d Trump told the roughly 700 guests gathered under heightened security at Washington\u2019s Waldorf Astoria, where the annual dinner was rescheduled after the April shooting. He praised the Secret Service officers and law enforcement personnel who responded that night, calling the attack \u201can assault on our democracy itself\u201d and declaring that \u201cwe do not yield to political violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump acknowledged he had abandoned the harsher speech he originally planned before the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so psyched, I was going to rip people,\u201d he said, adding that \u201csomething changed.\u201d Moments later, however, he promised the audience \u201cwe\u2019ll do a little ripping if you don\u2019t mind,\u201d signaling a shift away from the night\u2019s opening message of resilience.<\/p>\n