A Night of Laughs Between Trump and His Favorite Punching Bag
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A Night of Laughs Between Trump and His Favorite Punching Bag
“They’ve gone CRAZY!”
On Saturday night, however, Mr. Trump donned his tuxedo
and joined the very journalists he loves to malign for an evening of humorous — and sometimes uncomfortable — verbal sparring at the 133rd annual Gridiron Club Dinner.
In his opening remarks, David Lightman, the president of the club
and a national political reporter for McClatchy, motioned to Mr. Trump, saying, “For the first time, he is eating at a hotel that he doesn’t own.”
One skit featured the characters of Vice President Mike Pence and Hope Hicks, Mr. Trump’s closest aide, who is departing.
In 2011, when Mr. Obama savaged him at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Mr. Trump appeared to take it badly,
and some say his decision to run for president was a result in part of his anger at Mr. Obama for the jokes.
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MICHAEL TACKETTMARCH 3, 2018
WASHINGTON — On Saturday afternoon, President Trump took another swing at his favorite punching bag.
“They’ve gone CRAZY!”
On Saturday night, however, Mr. Trump donned his tuxedo
and joined the very journalists he loves to malign for an evening of humorous — and sometimes uncomfortable — verbal sparring at the 133rd annual Gridiron Club Dinner.
In his opening remarks, David Lightman, the president of the club
and a national political reporter for McClatchy, motioned to Mr. Trump, saying, “For the first time, he is eating at a hotel that he doesn’t own.”
One skit featured the characters of Vice President Mike Pence and Hope Hicks, Mr. Trump’s closest aide, who is departing.
In 2011, when Mr. Obama savaged him at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Mr. Trump appeared to take it badly,
and some say his decision to run for president was a result in part of his anger at Mr. Obama for the jokes.
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MICHAEL TACKETTMARCH 3, 2018
WASHINGTON — On Saturday afternoon, President Trump took another swing at his favorite punching bag.