Trump boasts, attacks media at 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Published Jul 27, 02:09 PM UTC

The article reports on the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner, held at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC (formerly Trump International Hotel). President Trump delivered a lengthy, self-congratulatory speech that the author describes as racist, homophobic, vindictive, and unfunny. Trump reminisced about owning the hotel, noting it was 'packed mostly Republicans' who enriched him—an admission of corruption that journalists in attendance ignored. The author argues the dinner exemplifies elite impunity, where media cozy up to power rather than hold it accountable. The event was a rescheduled second edition after an assassination attempt interrupted the original April dinner. The piece criticizes the WHCD as a backslapping ritual that undermines journalistic integrity, citing a colleague's earlier call to abolish the event.