{"id":4198,"date":"2026-07-25T04:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:40:54","slug":"sleepy-trump-80-struggles-to-keep-eyes-open-at-whca-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4198","title":{"rendered":"Sleepy Trump, 80, Struggles to Keep Eyes Open at WHCA Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump appeared to repeatedly doze off as he headlined Washington\u2019s most high-profile celebration of press freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4196\">Trump, 80, Cornered on War Crimes Accusation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three months after the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner was postponed after an attempted assassination against the president, a scaled-back redo was held on Friday night.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>But despite insisting \u201cthe show must go on,\u201d the 80-year-old president was seen repeatedly closing his eyes for extended periods as speeches unfolded inside the Waldorf Astoria ballroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The evening kicked off with Trump forced to sit through a video roasting him about press freedom and America being a country of \u201cno kings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Things got even more awkward when The Wall Street Journal was celebrated for reporting on a lewd letter Trump allegedly sent to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The president eventually got up to give his own speech, where he cracked jokes about the press not liking him and suggested future dinners should be held in his White House ballroom\u2014and named after him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been informed by CBS News\u2019s David Ellison, he\u2019s the owner\u2026 next year they\u2019re going to call it the Trump White House Correspondents\u2019 Center. He told me that, and I like that very much. Change the name of it, OK?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a moment that was met with near silence, Trump also once again attacked CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, describing her as \u201ca young attractive woman\u201d who \u201cnever smiles\u201d before suggesting she looked like transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, Kaitlan, do you ever smile?\u201d he said, to virtually no laughs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a nice position. You\u2019re at CNN fake news. You should be a happy person. So smile, Kaitlan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the president also took aim at members of his own Cabinet, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who once admitted to dumping a dead bear in Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>Describing Kennedy as \u201ca piece of work\u201d and a \u201cdifferent kind of person,\u201d he told the audience: \u201cI hope that everyone finally got to enjoy their entire, very delicious beef tenderloin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want you all to know that Bobby Kennedy is right here and he personally ran over the cow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The octogenarian also mocked White House Communications Director Steven Cheung, telling the crowd: \u201cDon\u2019t ever wrestle Steven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s event was noticeably different from the originally planned April dinner, which was derailed moments into the event after 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen stormed a security checkpoint and opened fire outside the ballroom where Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and the administration\u2019s Cabinet members were seated alongside thousands of journalists and other guests.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4194\">CNN Host Laughs in MAGA Panelist\u2019s Face Over Trump Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first lady, who was filmed looking terrified as she hid under the table after the shots rang out, opted not to attend Friday night\u2019s event. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance, who has just had his fourth child, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has been touring Southeast Asia for the past few days, were also absent. <\/p>\n<p>But Trump insisted a redo take place, noting that there was no place for political violence in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has not been an easy evening, all these awards,\u201d Trump began, later adding: \u201cBut just like my presidency, the second time is always better, and the third time will be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After decades at the Washington Hilton, Friday\u2019s dinner was held at the Waldorf Astoria\u2014formerly Trump International Hotel. <\/p>\n<p>The scaled-down event had just 700 people, far less than the 2,500 people in attendance in April.<\/p>\n<p>There was also less glitz and glamour, with no red carpet and no full week of pre-dinner parties and events that have become a staple of the annual gathering.<\/p>\n<p>But the inevitable tension between the media and a president who has spent years portraying journalists as enemies of the state, suing news organizations, and using the machinery of government to pressure the media was evident.<\/p>\n<p>Some journalists opted not to attend the event, while others, including the Daily Beast, did so in order to report on it.<\/p>\n<p>Security was also heavily beefed up, with fencing and barricades across downtown D.C., a high police presence, and tighter protocols. <\/p>\n<p>But Trump made light of the situation, telling the crowd: \u201cEveryone\u2019s looking really good tonight, and I know it\u2019s not easy finding shoes to go along with your bulletproof vest, which many people didn\u2019t want to wear because they\u2019d rather die than look 20 pounds heavier.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The joke was met with a muffled response\u2014and plenty of journalists looking at their phones.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4192\">Trump Goons Make Bombshell Admission About Enemies List<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump appeared to repeatedly doze off as he headlined Washington\u2019s most high-profile celebration of press freedom. 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