Trump to snub White House press dinner for second consecutive year

 

U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he returns to the White House after a trip to Lewisburg, West Virginia, in Washington D.C., U.S., April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has feuded with several media personalities and organizations, will not attend the White House Correspondents' Association annual black-tie dinner for the second straight year, the president of the group said on Friday.

 

Last year, Trump was the first U.S. president to skip the event in 36 years. Most officials in his administration also snubbed the dinner.

 

"The White House has informed us that the president does not plan to participate in this year's dinner but that he will actively encourage members of the executive branch to attend and join us as we celebrate the First Amendment," Margaret Talev, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, said.

 

The First Amendment is the section of the U.S. Constitution that mentions freedom of the press.

 

Talev, a correspondent for Bloomberg, said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders would represent the Trump administration at the April 28 dinner.

 

Trump had said in an interview aired on Friday on New York radio station 77 WABC that he probably would not attend the dinner, which normally features big names from the worlds of politics and entertainment as guests of media organizations.

 

Trump had attended the dinner before becoming president, notably in 2011, when former U.S. President Barack Obama publicly ribbed Trump about questioning whether Obama was born in the United States. Obama was born in Hawaii.

 

But in 2017, Trump, who frequently complains about media coverage of his administration, said he would sit out the event, adding that reporters had treated him unfairly. He said at the time that he would "absolutely" attend this year.

 

Reporters for The New York Times and CNN, along with news website Politico and Reuters, were granted awards by the White House Correspondents' Association this year.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-07

Understandable.  It is a psychological impossibility for a narcissist to laugh at himself....

With "trump" keep your expectations very low and starting there, expect to be disappointed. 

 

It's not like he doesn't have the time. He spends more time watching Fox "News" and golfing at his properties than actually working as president.

 

QUOTE:

Donald Trump's divisive decision to skip opening day

...

From the divisive days of the Civil War to the distressing moments following Sept. 11, 2001, presidents have used baseball to transcend red and blue partisanship, at least for an afternoon. Even with threats of protests and boos by Washington baseball fans, by eschewing the ritual of throwing out the first pitch today, Trump has missed a chance to join a presidential tradition. Ultimately, he has made a political calculation to dismiss a ritual that won't promote his political interests or cater to his base.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-spt-donald-trump-opening-day-mlb-20180405-story,amp.html

Edited April 7, 20188 yr by Jingthing

I would suspect the real reason for his absence from the ritual is his fear that he might f..k up the throw and look like the nincompoop he is.

Good for President Trump - the leftist media are shills for the democratic party and their continual bashing is stale news. 

3 minutes ago, Luckysilk said:

Good for President Trump - the leftist media are shills for the democratic party and their continual bashing is stale news. 

More like he is what he likes so much to grab. 

Trump is afraid that he will have to sit and listen to veiled criticisms and have fun poked at him.  Many a true word is spoken in jest. This is the man who states he would run into a school where a gunman roams the halls.Hell- he can't even face the Media, The man is not only a coward but a serial liar!!

This us a garbage event. Nor worth a moment if anyone's time. 3

2 hours ago, Luckysilk said:

Good for President Trump - the leftist media are shills for the democratic party and their continual bashing is stale news. 

Keep making excuses for your lame duck gutless President.  He really does need all the defenders he can get and the number of them is dropping every day.

Look at all the c**p Obama took from the media in general thru his administration, not to mention the near constant and often untruthful or distorted abuse he took from Fox and similar right-wing media during virtually all of his presidency. And yet Obama managed to go and try to be jovial.

 

Trump, on the other hand, is a childish, cretin who can't abide anyone who doesn't suck up to him and his near constant flood of lies and hypocrisy.

 

Trump is afraid that he will have to sit and listen to veiled criticisms and have fun poked at him.  Many a true word is spoken in jest. This is the man who states he would run into a school where a gunman roams the halls.Hell- he can't even face the Media, The man is not only a coward but a serial liar!!

He can't handle crowds or people that don't constantly flatter him. Big baby.

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This us a garbage event. Nor worth a moment if anyone's time. 3

No. It's a civilized tradition.

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Sarah will be sitting in for Trump.

 

 

Sarah will be sitting in for Trump.
 
 

She's a load of laughs.

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Such a big boy - sorry man -  yet can't face his own people !

It's for charity for God's sake  !

Such a big boy - sorry man -  yet can't face his own people !

It's for charity for God's sake  !

He only tolerates press people that he controls. Like Putin. He's an enemy of core American values like freedom of the press.

 

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Look, we spend all of our time criticising Trump but let's take a second to reflect on the good things he has done for America.......  OK I can't think of any either so lets get back to saying it like it is, he is a pathetic moron! 

What's perhaps the worst things people in the media have reported about Trump -- that he's a habitual liar and an adulterer??? Both of which are pretty clearly true with lots of supporting evidence.

 

What's perhaps the worst things people in the media, led by Trump, Fox and kin, reported about Obama -- that he wasn't really born in the U.S. and thus wasn't really eligible to be president of the U.S.?  Both of which are by all credible accounts false.

 

And which of the two, faced with that, is skipping out on the dinner for the second year in a row?

 

 

Edited April 7, 20188 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

4 hours ago, Luckysilk said:

Good for President Trump - the leftist media are shills for the democratic party and their continual bashing is stale news. 

I think Alec Baldwin should go as PT. It would be a total meltdown 555

1 hour ago, RobFord said:

Sarah will be sitting in for Trump.

 

 

 

I honestly can't make up my mind between Sean  Spicer and this lady as to which I'd prefer to never hear again.

 

 

 
I honestly can't make up my mind between Sean  Spicer and this lady as to which I'd prefer to never hear again.
 
 

Spicey was much more fun.

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Look, we spend all of our time criticising Trump but let's take a second to reflect on the good things he has done for America.......  OK I can't think of any either so lets get back to saying it like it is, he is a pathetic moron! 

Perhaps the trains are running on time? Nah. Probably not.

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30 minutes ago, riclag said:

I think Alec Baldwin should go as PT. It would be a total meltdown 555

LOL so true it would be meltdown, I've always felt it was a silly event, they might just as well turn it into a complete farce. IF the Dems win in 2024 they can send their champagne socialist president.

2 hours ago, Luckysilk said:

LOL so true it would be meltdown, I've always felt it was a silly event, they might just as well turn it into a complete farce. IF the Dems win in 2024 they can send their champagne socialist president.

But surely by 2024 the political landscape will have been transformed so much for the better that the notion of a Democrat winning is preposterous? 

9 hours ago, Jingthing said:

More like he is what he likes so much to grab. 

 

I saw him drop into the announcer's booth of an Army/Navy game. It was a shitshow. He's not wired for that kind of stuff.

6 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Look, we spend all of our time criticising Trump but let's take a second to reflect on the good things he has done for America.......  OK I can't think of any either so lets get back to saying it like it is, he is a pathetic moron! 

Well, one of his worst critics and a spokesperson for globalists thinks he's racked up some wins:

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-foreign-policy-wins-north-korea-china-syria-ian-bremmer-2018-4

 

He is correct in that it is a strategy that comes with some peril, but the US has given so much away we're going to get some small wins no matter what.  Trump is inclined to link various issues we may have with a given country. It's a strategy that hasn't been used since Nixon. It enables a country to win big or lose big instead of losing in varying degrees every single time as has been our recent history.

Edited April 7, 20188 yr by lannarebirth

5 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

I honestly can't make up my mind between Sean  Spicer and this lady as to which I'd prefer to never hear again.

 

 

or SEE...

1 hour ago, baboon said:

But surely by 2024 the political landscape will have been transformed so much for the better that the notion of a Democrat winning is preposterous? 

 

That's not the way it works. Everytime we settle for least worst we get someone worse the next time. Each terrible choice gives license to the next contender to be even worse. Democrats seriously giving consideration to running Willie Brown's mistress who slept her way into politics. You couldn't make it up!

11 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

 

That's not the way it works. Everytime we settle for least worst we get someone worse the next time. Each terrible choice gives license to the next contender to be even worse. Democrats seriously giving consideration to running Willie Brown's mistress who slept her way into politics. You couldn't make it up!

 

 

Are your referring to "Willie Brown" as in the former mayor of San Francisco, California?

 

He kept, to some extent, corruption in check.      He was reasonably   careful to  think about the greatest good for the greatest number even if it was outside the law.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 8, 20188 yr by watcharacters

 
 
Are your referring to "Willie Brown" as in the former mayor of San Francisco, California?
 
He kept, to some extent, corruption in check.      He was reasonably   careful to  think about the greatest good for the greatest number even if it was outside the law.
 
 
 
 

Not as bad is always better than more bad. Otherwise people will continue to throw away their votes by either not voting or voting for hopeless cases like Jill Stein. Stimulating people to do that was a prime part of the "trump" and Putin playback. So we ended up with a con man demagogue. Good work!

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