Even Republicans looked stunned amid the stone-faced White House Correspondents’ Dinner ballroom of journalists before president revealed ‘Trump 2028’ punchline

After the shooting at the April event, Trump revealed that he had intended to rip into the media during his speech, but would now likely not do so.

The President used his remarks both to praise, and at times, to excoriate, some of the biggest names in Washington's press corps and beyond.