Donald Trump says he won’t attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Donald Trump says he won’t attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Dylan Stableford 3 hours ago

In a blow to President Obama’s joke writers and C-SPAN’s ratings, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump says he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner later this month. 
Trump told the Hill newspaper that despite receiving invitations from “every single group of media available to mankind,” he’s decided not to go.


Why not? The media can’t be trusted to describe his mood.
“I would have a good time, and the press would say I look like I wasn’t having a good time,” Trump, who attended last year’s dinner before launching his presidential bid, explained. “The press is dishonest. If the press would be honest, I’d go because I’d have a good time. … But no matter how good a time I had, the press would say, ‘Donald Trump was miserable.’ What would I need that for?”
The annual black-tie gala, dubbed the “nerd prom” by the Washington, D.C., press corps, is closer to a Friars Club roast than a high school dance. This year’s event, hosted by comedian Larry Wilmore, is scheduled for April 30.
In 2011, Trump made an infamous appearance at the dinner, where he was mercilessly mocked by Obama, whose long-form birth certificate had just been released in response to the so-called “birther” movement championed by the reality show star.