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President Donald Trump tore into corporate media figures and other critics with a barrage of jokes at Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, prompting CNN to issue a statement defending their “integrity and fair mindedness.”
Trump’s speech featured a mix of jabs at journalists, political figures, and cultural controversies, continuing his long-running practice of utilizing humor while attacking critics.
While several corporate media outlets and critics dismissed the performance as awkward or ineffective, supporters applauded the president’s willingness to mock members of the press during the annual event, which was rescheduled after an attempted assassination of Trump abruptly ended its programming in April.
Trump notably took aim at CNN’s Kaitlin Collins, joking he initially thought she had landed a Bud Light sponsorship before realizing “it wasn’t her on the can, it was Dylan Mulvaney,” referencing the transgender-identifying influencer.
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