NEW YORK – And now, Take Two: The White House Correspondents' Association dinner has been rescheduled – with President Donald Trump apparently in attendance.The dinner, cut short in April by a gunman who prosecutors say was trying to assassinate Trump, will now take place on July 24.
The show will go on: White House correspondents' dinner rescheduled for July, with Trump attending Secret Service agents respond near President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, on April 25.
And now, Take Two: The White House Correspondents' Association dinner has been rescheduledThe dinner, cut short in April by a gunman who prosecutors say was, will now take place on July 24. It will be a more intimate gathering with "significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures," said Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents' Association. Jiang did not say where the dinner would be held.
But Trump, on his Truth Social platform, revealed it would be at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Pennsylvania AvenueThe president said he'd been invited to return and speak, and had accepted the invitation. He called the rescheduling "a sign of Strength and Fortitude.
" "This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling," Trump wrote. He added he hadn't decided on whether to give his originally intended speech, in which he was widely expected to attack the press.
"I don't know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," he wrote. "In any event, it will be a 'HOT' ticket! "Jiang, in her announcement, noted that "rescheduling was not automatic," and had involved much consideration and input from board members.
She emphasised the dinner's stated purpose: "A celebration of a free press and the vital role of journalism in our democracy for over a century.
" "We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during a year when we are reflecting on the 250th anniversary of America and everything we stand for," Jiang said. It was not clear how large the rescheduled dinner would be, or whether it would be a full-scale dinner at all.
Jiang made reference to a "more intimate gathering" than the original event, attended by close to 3,000 people at the Washington Hilton, but did not give details, saying they'd be shared directly with attendees. Her remarks were in line with recent speculation that a rescheduled event would have to be pared down, a nod to financial as well as security concerns. Jiang also made note of the Secret Service officer who was shot in April and has been recovering.
"Our thoughts remain with the officer who was injured and with everyone who experienced that evening," she said. "We are indebted to the US Secret Service, law enforcement and the hotel staff whose swift response protected our guests and our staff.
"Some critics said they felt it would be a good idea to scuttle the whole event permanentlynot only for security reasons, but for what they saw as an unseemly enterprise of journalists hobnobbing in formal wear with the subjects of their reporting. "It undermines the public faith in how the press does its work, and it makes it look like we are pals with the people we cover," Kelly McBride, an ethics expert at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank, said in May.
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