{"id":16669,"date":"2026-07-25T10:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16669"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:23:46","slug":"trump-returns-to-correspondents-dinner-3-months-after-shooting-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16669","title":{"rendered":"Trump returns to correspondents&#8217; dinner 3 months after shooting : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-135540\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" 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Leavitt.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Rod Lamkey\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Rod Lamkey\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents&#8217; Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech that praised some journalists, took potshots at others, made jokes about public figures&#8217; weight and intellect, and quipped about a third presidential term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5907805-100\" 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5184x5184+1296+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3b%2Fee%2F1ceef07f47ef965e762ea67e6591%2Fap26116190410897.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Members of the U.S. Secret Service counter assault team stand on the stage after a shooting incident outside the ballroom during the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25 in Washington.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5907805-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>He assured the crowd of journalists, though, that he&#8217;d scrapped the most biting parts of his remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was going to be a doozy,&#8221; Trump said about the speech he&#8217;d been 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He referred to &#8220;the attempted mass murder&#8221; that could have happened that night in April, but then moved largely to humor \u2014 and insults.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s return to the correspondents&#8217; dinner \u2014 and his promise to come back next year as well \u2014 represented a notable moment in his relationship with the news media, which he has attacked, sued and taken administrative action against since he began his second term early last year. 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Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.; California Gov. Gavin Newsom; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; and Trump&#8217;s own speechwriters, whose jokes he sometimes criticized even as he delivered them. Some of the comments flirted with racism.<\/p>\n<p>The president also spent some time expressing pride in the ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, formerly the Trump International Hotel. &#8220;It&#8217;s great to be back at a place that I know very well, because I built it,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He also made reference to the journalism awards that had been handed out earlier in the evening, most of them for stories challenging him and his administration. &#8220;Do I have a say in those awards?&#8221; he asked with a grimace.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" class=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" aria-label=\"recommended stories\"\/>\n<!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" --><\/p>\n<p>He made a brief mention of the Iran war and several remarks about the ballroom he is building at the White House. He also used the occasion to joke about the possibility he would serve a third term \u2014 something barred by the U.S. Constitution&#8217;s 22nd Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like my presidency, the second time is always better,&#8221; the president quipped. &#8220;And the third time will be better yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I&#8217;m only kidding.&#8221; Then, at the end, he donned a red cap that said &#8220;Trump 2028&#8221; and delivered the &#8220;scoop&#8221; that he was running again.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">It was a very different dinner than the previous one<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier, Trump had entered the ballroom to polite applause, and was thanked for his support by outgoing White House Correspondents&#8217; Association president Weijia Jiang of CBS News. After dinner, he then sat through more than an hour of awards presentations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5907805-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5800105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/04\/26\/nx-s1-5800105\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-scene-trump\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/26\\\/nx-s1-5800105\\\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-scene-trump&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4643x4643+1296+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F31%2F4e6c8776472182265bdd6ef5cd88%2Fgettyimages-2272598407.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Attendees hid in and then fled from the Washington Hilton after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5907805-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>One of the winners, Tyler Pager of the New York Times, was in fact one of the reporters who had been subpoenaed by Trump&#8217;s Justice Department over his reporting about Trump&#8217;s Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet. Those subpoenas were withdrawn on Thursday in a New York courtroom \u2014 just one of the arenas where the president, in his second term, has been seeking to control media coverage that displeases him.<\/p>\n<p>The rescheduled dinner was taking place at a smaller venue this time that held only about 700 people. Security was markedly tighter. Guests entered via a single entrance, through two ID checks and past a detection dog, armed officers and security guards. There was no red carpet and no separate cocktail receptions preceding the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s try this again,&#8221; Jiang quipped, welcoming the crowd. The White House press corps, she noted, &#8220;always have a follow-up.&#8221; Turning serious, she referred back to the trauma and confusion of the original dinner in April.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight our message is this: We are back,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We will not be intimidated. We refuse to let an act of violence have the final word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early in his speech, Trump signaled that he had decided to tone it down. But he kept some zingers. Like this one, to the media-heavy audience: &#8220;This is really the largest group of &#8216;Trump Derangement Syndrome&#8217; people put together at one time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">People received awards for bravery during April shooting<\/h3>\n<p>Besides the pared-down approach, there was another change at Friday&#8217;s dinner: two additional awards. One was presented to Victor Gonzales, the Secret Service agent who was staffing a security checkpoint in April and was struck in his protective vest.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzales &#8220;placed himself directly in harm&#8217;s way and engaged the armed suspect,&#8221; Jiang said. &#8220;He stayed in the fight and the attacker was stopped.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A second award was presented to the staff of the Washington Hilton hotel, site of the first dinner, hailed for professionalism under pressure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-135542\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4757;&#10;        --source-height: 3176;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4757x3176+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F86%2F8009c60947e182a66224529e2197%2Fap26205766459500.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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(AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                National Guard troops walk across the street from the Waldorf Astoria hotel where President Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association Dinner, in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Cliff Owen\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Cliff Owen\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The dress code this time was a looser &#8220;black tie optional,&#8221; and dinner included grilled peach and burrata salad, lobster and beef Wellington. The evening, as in April, featured entertainment by mentalist Oz Pearlman \u2014 who this time got the chance to do his act..<\/p>\n<p>Jiang and her fellow board members had worked hard to bring about this WHCA dinner 2.0, not wanting to let a violent act \u2014 or the image of colleagues hiding under tables \u2014 remain the final thought. Announcing the rescheduling, she emphasized the dinner&#8217;s stated purpose: &#8220;A celebration of a free press and the vital role of journalism in our democracy for over a century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">There&#8217;s still lots of criticism of the event<\/h3>\n<p>But it&#8217;s also clear that some people felt the dinner should not be rescheduled at all.<\/p>\n<p>Many never thought it was much of a good look in the first place, with the sight of journalists in formal wear cozying up to their sources, or the objects of their reporting.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-1-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-1\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;It undermines the public faith in how the press does its work, and it makes it look like we are pals with the people we cover,&#8221; Kelly McBride, an ethics expert at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank, said when the deliberations were taking place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5907805-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImageg-s1-118806\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/the-picture-show\/2026\/04\/26\/g-s1-118806\/photos-the-aftermath-of-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/the-picture-show\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/26\\\/g-s1-118806\\\/photos-the-aftermath-of-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3744x3744+936+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F54%2F2ee4612c4d38b1afa70577f3b81e%2Fgettyimages-2272612956.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump, along with other government officials, were evacuated from the Washington Hilton after reports of gun shots.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5907805-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The new dinner came at a time of fast-increasing tension between the media and a president who, in his second term, has tried to exert pressure on media outlets he is unhappy with in a variety of ways. That pressure has ranged from sanctions against members of the White House press corps to regulatory actions through the Federal Communications Commission to outright lawsuits. Those tensions have only escalated since April.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, though, ended with an attempt to mend fences 00 to a point. &#8220;I have a lot of respect for your profession,&#8221; he told the assembled journalists. 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