Donald Trump has tweeted he will not be attending this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner slated for April 29th, making him the first president to skip the event in over 30 years.
Trump tweeted:
I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!
Notice something missing?
The usually “straight-talking” president fails to give a reason why he will not be attending the usually festive event. He does not even offer a plausible “alternative fact.” Sad.
This has caused many pundits to speculate about Trump’s possible motive.
The conventional wisdom seems to be that Trump does not want to confront the national press, who he has repeatedly called “fake news”and “enemy of the people.” Some are calling the president a coward.
While that may be a possibility, I believe the answer is more basic.
The man simply does not have a sense of humor. And when he does attempt to make a joke, no one can tell for sure if he is trying to be funny or announcing some actual policy proposal!
We got a glimpse of Trump’s standup routine at the annual Alfred E. Smith charity dinner in New York last October. His material, and delivery, was so bad the crowd booed the then GOP presidential nominee.
Many have wondered whether our president has the ability to be funny or even knows how to laugh. He certainly has shown an inability to laugh at himself.
Remember Barack Obama’s brilliant take down of Donald Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondent’s Dinner hosted by Seth Meyers? As Obama was delivering his killer material, the camera kept focusing on a stone-faced Trump. Obama succeeded that night in turning Trump into a laughingstock.
If Trump were to attend the press dinner, that would undoubtedly invite comparison to Obama’s silky smooth performances at past events and his ability to take a joke.
No, there really isn’t any wonder why Trump has decided to take a pass. He’s just not up to the job of being comedian in chief. The thin-skinned president, for sure, does not want to be the butt of jokes that might hit too close to home.
Or maybe, just maybe, our vain president has something more important to do that night … like Windex all the mirrors in the White House? Bada bing!
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The thin skinned narcissist bully cannot take a joke and has no ability to deliver a joke. Plus, if he did attend, he might find himself in a room all by himself together with the Alt-Right, Alternative Facts media. So Sad. What a Loser. What a Joke. What a fraud. What a disaster.
It’s reported there is a link between intelligence and having a sense of humor. Just saying!
Trump is a very smart man and there is no need for those dinners, there are more important things to do. The media can’t get to Trump so they hate him. Trump take back America.
You are entitled to your opinion, Sandy. Most people think he’s just a coward. If you read the article, you’ll see it’s more basic than that. Did you happen to catch his act at the Al Smith dinner?
He knows he could never even come close to the great comedian -in-chief we had for the last eight years.
You’re right! Now, Obama was funny at those dinners and has a great sense of humor.