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‘Is This Supposed to Be Fun?’ Trump Hurls Insults at Correspondents’ Dinner.

The New York Times · Shawn McCreesh · last updated

President Trump gave the keynote speech as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate.

The meandering speech he gave for the next hour inside the Waldorf Astoria, the former site of the Trump International Hotel, was full of ad hominem attacks against his political enemies, scripted jokes that fell flat and familiar refrains about the war against Iran and the construction of the White House ballroom.

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