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Yikes: Trump Will Attend Watered Down White House Correspondents Dinner Without Comedian Roasting Him

By Roger Friedman
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he participates in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on the social media platform X, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., August 12, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media. Margo Martin via X/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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Donald Trump is going to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

The toothless event features a mentalist doing tricks instead of a comic.

The only roasting — by Oz Pearlman — will be in the kitchen. Maybe he can make Trump disappear.

This so embarrassing for the WHCA. They’ve just rolled over and played dead. The tables will be filled with right wing celebrities and press like Fox News, etc. Nicki Minaj, Dennis Quaid, Jon Voight, some country band. But no celebrities that anyone would want to meet, trust me.

I guess now that Trump controls CBS and, soon, CNN this is the future.

Sad that the WHCA couldn’t proceed as usual with biting satire from a name comedian, and no Trump. Really lame and cowardly.

Read below, Trump’s idiotic explanation for how he’s going to turn this into a big night. 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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