President Donald Trump has decided not to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year. Our whimpy president can’t stand to deal with the Press Corps. The president usually attends and often is expected to take some light ribbing, and we know Trumplethinskin can’t take a joke.
Trump announced that he’s not going via tweet:
I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017
Zach Braff and others on social media have suggested that Alec Baldwin should fill in for Donald Trump at the event. Braff tweeted:
.@AlecBaldwin time to suit up. https://t.co/DfVnzAYxSG
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) February 25, 2017
Other celebrities are joining in on the fun:
Shhhh.This is r big chance! We sneak in #Obama & #Hillary, tell Trump he's "president of United States of Mar-a-Lago" & #resist #Indivisible https://t.co/Z4NYnn7oFA
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) February 25, 2017
If @AlecBaldwin fills in for @realDonaldTrump at the Correspondents dinner, a bit of karmic balance might be restored to the universe.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 26, 2017
#WHCD raises money for scholarships for young journalists, just as it has every year since 1921 #FreedomOfThePress #NoPropagandaPress pic.twitter.com/NBfIlj7kjF
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) February 25, 2017
The last time any president skipped the dinner was 1981. President Ronald Reagan was recovering from his assassination attempt.
The hashtag #WHCD is trending:
Alec Baldwin should crash The White House Correspondents Association dinner in full Trump mode. It would be epic.
— ♀️ ᵀᴴᴱ ????-????? (@Im_TheAntiTrump) February 25, 2017
@realDonaldTrump is skipping the #WHCD because last time he went @BarackObama roasted his #snowflake and gave him a sad.
— RebelAlliance (@cybersaur1) February 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/whizz67/status/835700384945553414
Also, the hashtag #StuffTrumpIsAfraidOf is trending as well, and it’s hilarious:
#stufftrumpisafraidof Not eating enough. pic.twitter.com/NFOm5Or6yu
— McSpocky™ ?? ? ? (@mcspocky) February 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/whiterenblog/status/835774962350731266
The TRUTH #stufftrumpisafraidof
— Join the Resistance (@tenzingmckenzie) February 26, 2017
Obama's legacy. That's why he's trying to ruin it by dismantling Obama's good deeds. WRONG. Undoing it won't change it #stufftrumpisafraidof
— Aliyat Lecky? (@aliyatlecky) February 26, 2017
Alec Baldwin has hilariously roasted Donald Trump multiple times on Saturday Night Live. It started during the campaign, and has continued since Trump was inaugurated.
The correspondents’ dinner started in 1924, and every sitting president has attended at least once in their term. Reagan had been shot, and he still called in during that one dinner he missed.
Alec Baldwin hasn’t replied yet.
Baldwin’s portrayal of Trump started during the campaign with a parody of the Presidential debates. Here is the first sketch from that, mocking the first debate:
Melissa McCarthy has joined in on SNL doing an impression of the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
We should just have both of them appear at the dinner.
The White House Correspondents’ Association said this about it:
President Trump: Don't count on me for the White House correspondents' dinner.@whca: No problem, we'll still have fun. pic.twitter.com/mcL2PYmswg
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 26, 2017
Featured image via Twitter.
