Medias Reaction to Redo of the White House

Friday evening, and the feeling is true for the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner with keynote speaker President Donald Trump. Titled “Celebrating the First Amendment,” the WHCA members have been dressed to the nines and prepared to glad-hand and back-slap each other for their journalistic excellence, at least in their eyes. After cowering in concern during the earlier disrupted dinner, and escaping with the desk liquor, the legacy media class has returned as entitled as ever.

Here we’re again at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. No matter the challenges, one factor stays true: we journalists have the closing phrase. pic.twitter.com/dbkeSfE2Pq

— Diyar Kurda (@diyarkurda) July 25, 2026

President Trump deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom for having to endure that ballroom full of smug, self-loathing journalists who have completely no sense of humor. #WHCD

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 25, 2026

President Donald Trump arrived with pomp and circumstance, and saluted during this lovely rendition of the national anthem and presentation by the honor guard.

WATCH:

President Trump is seen standing and saluting during the national anthem at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The event is continuing as deliberate following the assassination attempt at the earlier gathering.#WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #NationalAnthem #Trump… pic.twitter.com/Mw6REywrl5

— De Emiratez (@officialkpalaps) July 24, 2026

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Then the awards have been handed out, which is a snooze at any event. After the tried assassination of President Trump and the whole White House cupboard at the first rendition in April of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a regular evening would come off as boring in comparability.

Is it me or is this the most boring White House Correspondence Dinner ever?

The spotlight is seeing Jacqui Heinrich. Everything else so far is 💤

— Wino Winnie 𝕏 (@Wino_Winnie) July 25, 2026

As my colleague Ben Smith reported, Trump gave a speech that pissed off all the proper people, including some of the journalists. 

He’s being so petty, and I’m right here for it.

— Nikki M. Johnson, MD (@notaproviderMD) July 25, 2026

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But relying upon who was watching, they either felt the journos took the outdated guard’s phrases to coronary heart – or that Trump owned them.

What…is occurring proper now? #WHCD

— Dritin (@DrDritin) July 25, 2026

The bloated corpse delivering another psychotic speech that has nothing to do with honoring journalists. He’s also boring as hell.#WHCD

— DebraHNYC (@DebraHendler) July 25, 2026

Our bets are on the latter, particularly since the Leftist Lawfare King Marc Elias is having a meltdown.

Donald Trump is sort of incoherent as he addresses an adoring White House press corp. This is an embarrassment for the White House and a humiliating show by the legacy media in the room.

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— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 25, 2026

And GWN is doing live fact-check analysis of the speech. How dumb is that?

@JohnBerman no one is aware of! It’s the vicious half of the speech! #whcd pic.twitter.com/7o3tHCswbn

— T. Lee™ [BNN] (@tleetv_) July 25, 2026

Of course, it was rinse and repeat earlier in the week, with the fossil journalist class placing out another strongly worded letter, encouraging the pup journalists to maintain Trump accountable.

Hundreds of former or retired journalists and eight press freedom teams are asking the White House Correspondents’ Association to stand up to the Trump administration’s latest assaults on the media at its rescheduled dinner this week — a dinner President Donald Trump says he’ll attend.

The first dinner was cut short in April when a gunman, who prosecutors say was making an attempt to assassinate Trump, opened fire at the Washington Hilton. The a lot smaller rescheduled dinner will happen Friday, with enhanced security precautions, at the capital’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, previously the Trump International Hotel.

The letter expands on a related one issued in April, before the first dinner. It notes that since then, “the administration’s attacks on journalists and press freedom have become even more egregious.”

The letter, organized by former ABC News correspondent Lisa Stark and producer Ian Cameron, cites in explicit the latest subpoenas by the Justice Department to New York Times journalists who reported on security considerations over the president’s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. Additional subpoenas of the journalists’ telephone data have included even the mom of one reporter, and two spouses. 

#WHCD Trump retains going on on tangents in this speech that no person can comply with. More “weave” than Nikki Minaj. #WHCA

See, I may very well be a White House speechwriter too.

— CG (@cg4684) July 25, 2026

Actually, Trump’s Nicki Manaj joke was chef’s kiss.

WATCH:

President Trump: “But after hearing the gunshots, many people yelled, ‘get down, get down’, which caused @NICKIMINAJ to start twerking. Do you believe it? ‘Get down’. She’s the only one that really understood what that meant. It’s quite an evening.” pic.twitter.com/XxbBM7iCYi

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) July 25, 2026

This Becky “Save Us From Trump” X commenter about had an aneurysm because Trump goes after everybody. Apparently, she hasn’t ever watched a White House Correspondents’ Dinner before because… that’s form of the level.

Trump’s speech is so offensive, precisely what we anticipated of him. Actually it’s FAR worse than I may have imagined.
Oh my god, he’s going after everybody. How repugnant.#WHCD

— Becky 🐝Save US from Trump🕊️ (@BeckySpooner1) July 25, 2026

Trump ended with his final troll: claiming he was operating for a fourth time period in 2028.

OMG, Trump pulled out the “Trump 2028” hat at the White House CorrespondentsD Dinner. 🤣🤣 #WHCD pic.twitter.com/B1mKJnXh6F

— Real Defender (@real_defender) July 25, 2026

Everyone, including the legacy media, was anticipating Trump to blast the room. As is his signature, Trump managed to do a bit of the anticipated, while throwing enough curveballs to keep everybody guessing and offering the copy for their analysis over the weekend. 

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