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riversedge

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2. 'This will be the first year he (Trump) attends as president, however..........

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:05 PM

18 hrs ago

I have mistakenly though trump had attended as President before. oh well.

Calvin Coolidge, in 1924, was the first president to attend the dinner. Chief executives usually appear, requiring them in recent years to appear to be good sports as comics like Stephen Colbert, Colin Jost and Trevor Noah make jokes about them. Trump attended in 2011, glaring from the audience at President Barack Obama's barbs about him. This will be the first year he attends as president, however.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2026-b2963782.html

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'This will be the first year he (Trump) attends as president, however.......... riversedge 18 hrs ago #2

I'd be so tempted to bring in a super soaker. greatauntoftriplets 18 hrs ago #3

Not going to watch................ Lovie777 18 hrs ago #4

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The press should just laugh at his hateful blabber--- northoftheborder 18 hrs ago #6

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Yeah... crowd size has always been of great interest to him radical noodle 12 hrs ago #13

If the journalists can't make this a WIN WIN WIN situation... Escape 16 hrs ago #10

The Press should ... oldsoldierfadingfast 14 hrs ago #11

They should just move it, not tell him where and proceed to have the kind of good natured fun that used Marie Marie 13 hrs ago #12