Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner will be smaller and a bit more sober than the gala that was marred by gun violence last April.
It will be held at a different hotel at a different time of the year. But the same rifts between Trump and the press will be fully on display.
President Donald Trump, America’s chief media critic, will speak to a room full of journalists, many of whom have been swept up in his government-wide pressure campaign against the independent press.
White House correspondents will also take to the podium and affirm the importance of the First Amendment — a unique opportunity given that Trump will be there to hear it. And the mentalist Oz Pearlman will be the evening’s featured entertainer.
Officials say there will be enhanced security measures — and a far smaller crowd.
