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<\/p>\n(Updated with White House video) In case anyone thought Donald Trump was going to be nice to the media before hitting his first White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner as POTUS tonight, well they\u2019re going to lose big on that Polymarket prediction.<\/p>\n
Flying back to DC from Florida Saturday for the WHCD, the former Apprentice host let loose on the Gray Lady with a lengthy and very on-brand Truth Social tirade. Igniting Trump\u2019s fury was a deeply-sourced NYT feature on long overdue repairs and work on Lafayette Park and seemingly a \u201cno-bid contract\u2026 at a sharply inflated price\u201d that was handed out.<\/p>\n
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Proving once again that nothing gets under the ex-real estate developer\u2019s thin skin like construction, Trump went at it.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, The Failing New York Times has attempted to grossly mischaracterize what should be hailed as the restoration of Beauty and Grandeur to our Nation\u2019s Capital as something else completely,\u201d Trump posted earlier this afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe New York Times should congratulate us, instead of trying to make us look bad,\u201d Trump added. \u201cWe look forward to continuing to MAKE WASHINGTON, D.C. GREAT AGAIN, and want to thank Clark Construction, the Department of Interior, and the National Parks Service on A JOB WELL DONE! President DONALD J. TRUMP.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Trump is expected to attack the press in his remarks tonight<\/a> in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton. In that roasting, Trump is also expected to go far longer than the 45 minutes he is allocated. With a room full of cabinet members, the VP and staff plus UFC pal and Paramount Skydance guest Dana White \u2014 and maybe <\/a>California Gov. Gavin Newsom \u2014 a number of journalists who believe Trump and his administration have relentlessly attacked the First Amendment since returning to office will be wearing buttons and other symbols of their dissent.<\/p>\n Talking to C-SPAN while walking into the dinner today with spouse and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines, Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr said \u201cI\u2019m anticipating that the President is going to put on a big performance and probably offend some people in the press.\u201d<\/p>\n The NYT, who has had a long complicated and often legally entangled relationship<\/a> with Trump, is one of few top tier media organizations that does not have a table at the WHCD. However, the paper does cover the event so there will be NYT reporters in the ballroom if POTUS decides to go after them in person tonight.<\/p>\n Ripped by President Barack Obama back in 2011 at that year\u2019s WHCD, Trump is intending to be in and out in haste before and after his Fake News remarks, sources say. In a dinner distinctly light on Tinseltown celebs this year, Trump will not be staying around for the actual awards the WHCA hands out or the potential mind reading routine by America\u2019s Got Talent alum Oz Pearlman. Leaning into that 2011 WHCD, which also saw Obama managing the fatal attack on Osama bin Laden, there are whispers that Trump will reveal a big move of some sort in regards to the war with Iran or another top story for the sheer drama of it. Of course, this being DC and the WHCD, there are always whispers and smoke.<\/p>\n if you doubt that, check out this video just posted to the official White House socials:<\/p>\n Stay tuned.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Updated with White House video) In case anyone thought Donald Trump was going to be nice to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38753,38752,12,542,10,4372,11,27955,987],"class_list":{"0":"post-66211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-donald-trump","8":"tag-cheryl-hines","9":"tag-clark-construction","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gavin-newsom","12":"tag-potus","13":"tag-president-barack-obama","14":"tag-president-of-the-united-states","15":"tag-whcd","16":"tag-white-house"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116556123488680909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b24ed0b104268716d66aac13e120b3cf.jpeg\"\/)
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