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| Trump tweets he’ll skip White House Correspondents’ dinner – after some media also cancel | Trump tweets he’ll skip White House Correspondents’ dinner – after some media also cancel |
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| US President Donald Trump has tweeted he is not going to be present at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The announcement comes after several high-profile news organizations, including Bloomberg and The New Yorker, withdrew from the event. | US President Donald Trump has tweeted he is not going to be present at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The announcement comes after several high-profile news organizations, including Bloomberg and The New Yorker, withdrew from the event. |
| "I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!", Trump wrote. | "I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!", Trump wrote. |
| The tradition to hold annual dinners organized by the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) goes back the 1920s. The high-profile event honors journalists who report the White House and the US president. | The tradition to hold annual dinners organized by the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) goes back the 1920s. The high-profile event honors journalists who report the White House and the US president. |
| For some years now, there has been a tradition for the serving US leader to attend the dinner. | |
| This year’s dinner is set to take place on April 29 at the Hinckley Hilton in Washington, DC. | This year’s dinner is set to take place on April 29 at the Hinckley Hilton in Washington, DC. |
| During the WCHA dinner, a satirical take is delivered on the US president with a comedian typically invited to “roast” the leader and his politics. The president is also invited to give a satirical speech, in which the media is typically mocked in return. | |
| Trump is known for his strained relationship with the US media, calling the New York Times “failing” as well criticizing several major news organizations as sources of “fake news.” | |
| In the most recent incident, the CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Politico and Buzzfeed were banned from attending a White House press gaggle, a non-televised briefing by White House press secretary Shaun Spicer, sparking widespread outrage. | |
| Before Trump’s decision to pull out of the dinner, several US media outlets refused to host parties at the dinner. The New Yorker announced early February it would not hold a party it typically holds at the beginning of the dinner. Vanity Fair magazine also withdrew from sponsoring its usual afterparty. Bloomberg said it would follow suit. | |
| Trump's decision to skip the dinner comes after criticism of the event in recent years, with some people saying that it showed a too-cozy relationship between the media and the White House. |