Gunshots at Correspondents Dinner
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Source: New York Times
Secret Service officers at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where Trump was set to speak, rushed the president out.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/25/us/trump-whca-shooting?unlocked_article_code=1.d1A.NWQC.ERuoBKg060es&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Ocelot II
(130,996 posts)dlk
(13,305 posts)And not the funny kind.
gopiscrap
(24,768 posts)tomorrow he'll be wearing a maxi pad on his other ear
Initech
(109,022 posts)And giving them too many excuses to use them.
dlk
(13,305 posts)I wouldnt anything past this administration.
FarPoint
(14,916 posts)so, he wants attention and the ratings to go up..... this is what he does.
Mira
(22,692 posts)to see this develop. I keep smelling a rat.......
Bengus81
(10,287 posts)Oh fucking please...................
BlueKota
(5,493 posts)This time he will blame the press!
Attilatheblond
(9,109 posts)* with my tongue only slightly in cheek
dlk
(13,305 posts)Trump craves attention, however he can get it.
TACO once again? Staged situation?
dlk
(13,305 posts)Desperate for attention.
mn9driver
(4,852 posts)Ill believe it when I see it substantiated by a reputable news source. That doesnt include most of the US media.
dlk
(13,305 posts)Something happened, staged or not.
moonshinegnomie
(4,039 posts)not that i belive it......
Attilatheblond
(9,109 posts)dlk
(13,305 posts)Well know more later
SuzyandPuffpuff
(615 posts)Snooooze...so predictable. I saw it coming like a bad plot in 70's made for TV movie...so done with this ass fuck
dlk
(13,305 posts)He cant be out of the WH and the news soon enough.
IzzaNuDay
(1,315 posts)The Washington Hilton is the same place where Reagan was shot when leaving the facility. Security sucked then, one would think the Secret Service would learn
dlk
(13,305 posts)Theres so much spin from this administration. I dont think they ever tell the truth about anything
multigraincracker
(37,899 posts)sop
(19,030 posts)NYT: "Weijia Jiang, the president of White House Correspondents Association, just took the stage and reiterated that the program would resume. 'We will have more details to share,' she said and asked for patience."
Will Trump go to the podium and portray this as another failed assassination attempt?
Diamond_Dog
(40,841 posts)dlk
(13,305 posts)I cant imagine why any reputable journalist would waste their time.
AverageOldGuy
(4,055 posts)Wolf Blitzer is reporting that he went to the men's room, came out, "many shots fired" very close to him, cop threw him to the ground and jumped on him then herded Wolf and other men into the men's room.
Watching -- looks like some techs around the podium resetting the mikes and the teleprompter.
Trump was hustled out.
Couple of announcements program will resume.
No word if POTUS will return.
9:23 PM
Diamond_Dog
(40,841 posts)Tarc
(10,602 posts)moniss
(9,119 posts)Diamond_Dog
(40,841 posts)BlueKota
(5,493 posts)When I read this. I would have choked to death laughing!
Attilatheblond
(9,109 posts)See, it's the weekend and Colbert and Kimmel are off, so your guest clown this evening will be moi.
dlk
(13,305 posts)Unless it really wasnt.
SunSeeker
(58,354 posts)TBF
(36,970 posts)Aussie105
(8,097 posts)Someone in the kitchen dropped a metal saucepan lid onto a hard tiled floor and the Super Secret Service guys thought it was their time to be heroes?
(I assume there was an active kitchen, and it wasn't just hamburders and diet fizz from an outside supplier being served up.)
dlk
(13,305 posts)It almost makes sense.
James48
(5,248 posts)Crowman2009
(3,576 posts)One time my USMC MALS squadron were playing this multiplayer version of the first "Delta Force" game and then got bored and proceeded to use the weapons option of knives only. Didn't see any use out of that particular game with regards to professional development. Unfortunately, we never got around to playing this game after several beers like we did with the "Crus'n USA" arcade game at the E-club. It probably wouldn't have been as much fun to be honest.
LeftInTX
(34,703 posts)I don't think I would want to stay there, but that's just me.
I guess they can crack jokes about the shooting???
Update: Guests are told they need to stay there.
BidenRocks
(3,427 posts)I have zero trust in our government!
Put Kash on the case!
This show never stopped going on!
PurgedVoter
(2,718 posts)The crowd doesn't look frightened. No panic. They are shutting down the party. Seems like they should carry one without him. It isn't like he adds any value to anything he attends.
dlk
(13,305 posts)The fact they havent is suspicious
SpankMe
(3,737 posts)Seems plausible. The NYT narrative points out that this is the same hotel wher Reagan was shot in '81:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dowJIww9olg?si=niF_9r_xQgp7PQWV
SunSeeker
(58,354 posts)What a joke. You can hear the shots in the background as the mentalist is playing some stupid note game with Shitler & Malaria. They dont realize anything is even happening until the SS rushes to the stage to pull Trump off. Took Trump a minute to get his fat ass off the chair.
Randomthought
(1,076 posts)I think it was staged.
dlk
(13,305 posts)Unfortunately
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(136,673 posts)Or is he going to have to wear another sanitary napkin?
Talitha
(8,105 posts)NumbNuts will show how tough & resolute he is by speaking soon.
Suuuuch bullshit.
hamsterjill
(17,696 posts)It was the White House Correspondent's Dinner where Obama made fun of him that started it all. So, night, he acted like he would attend, but when he thought someone might take a jab at him, this is his way of getting out of it.
He's a petulant, idiot, spoiled child who was never made to grow the fuck up.
littlemissmartypants
(34,192 posts)Seconds later, the SS agents show up. It makes the CNN clip rather hilarious.
More nonsense to make the MSM go crazy
LudwigPastorius
(14,898 posts)Trump's "Jesus" tweet really has some of them convinced that he's Mr. 666.
Historic NY
(40,107 posts)[link:https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/president-donald-trump-evacuation-pinned-on-ground-trump-releases-photo-of-
The suspected shooter has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, according to reports. white-house-press-dinner-shooter-cole-tomas-allen-trump-dinner-11410063|]
tonekat
(2,557 posts)War! Gunplay! Look over there!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,147 posts)And one more thing, do any of these people have real jobs?
jmowreader
(53,309 posts)Someone said Epstein so one of Trumps security detail located outside the hotel pulled his gun, pointed it straight up and emptied the magazine.
Bengus81
(10,287 posts)But NOW...........
Omaha Steve
(109,647 posts)Live links are not allowed in LBN. The story at the link changed, and this post wasn't updated.