Not Bothered

"I am free in a way that they will never have the privilege to experience, and they want to use their power to take away my freedom"

Dylan Mulvaney shared a thoughtful response after Donald Trump took aim at her during the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday night. During his speech at the event, the president mocked reporter Kaitlan Collins for receiving an award and claimed he got her confused with Mulvaney.

“I want to personally congratulate CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award,” Trump said. “It was all about me. It’s a fake — she shouldn’t get the award, it was a fake. But I didn’t mind. I said, ‘Kaitlan, congratulations.’ But it was fake, there’s no question about it.”

He then criticized her facial expressions, telling her to “just smile.” He compared Collins to Mulvaney, who drew controversy in 2023 for appearing in a Bud Light commercial.