Van Jones: Trump's WHCD Speech 'Was Mean and Small and Not Funny'

The suspect of the shooting in April, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States.

President Trump says that Hussein Obama tried joking about him being president at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2011 — but that's exactly what happened "Barack Hussein Obama hosted [2011 WHCD]...he actually showed a picture of the White House with a big TRUMP on top.

What we know

In her remarks, WHCA President Weijia Jiang of CBS News said the event would return to the scene of the April shooting, the Washington Hilton, next year. We're going to change the name of it, OK?" 😂 Video — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) Jul 25, 2026 Operative Telegram Feed 🚨 LMFAO! https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2080828902042124640 2026-07-25T01:50:23.982Z 🚨 LMFAO!

I’m not a shrink, but I play one on this show.” Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “You have diagnosed me with worse.” Behar said, “He is about the election, Obama and Greenland. These people who prop him up and say, ‘Yes, Your Highness, yes, Your Highness.’ We’re in a lot of trouble.” Co-host Sara Haines said, “Yeah, but those same people that said, ‘Yes, your highness, yes, your highness’ also told everyone to stop looking back at January 6 and to look forward.

And yet they said there was nothing to see there.” Behar said, “But they forgot these people, that there was news on January 6 for Vice President Pence.

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"I suspect some of you are lucky that our last dinner was cut short...I was going to go after you." The event was considerably scaled down from the first correspondents' dinner, with about 700 people in attendance, compared with more than 2,000 in April. 'You just didn't know': Gary O'Donoghue describes confusion and fear at correspondents' dinner What we know about shooting at White House correspondents' dinner Operative Telegram Feed 🚨 AWESOME! https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2080837073477542300 2026-07-25T02:20:32.357Z 🚨 AWESOME!

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The outgoing WHCA head said she would "refuse to let an act of violence have the final word", referring to the gunman tackled at the first dinner in April. Trump laughs at the dinner, alongside WHCA President Weijia Jiang In his remarks, Trump was at times cordial and conciliatory, saying "the second time is always better", joking and praising the media - saying he respects "most of them". "As I said three months ago, the show must go on," Trump said.

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There’s people at home who have real problems who would love to see somebody reflect their reality and maybe make fun of some of their enemies, some of their problems. Ahead of the event, many in the White House press corps theorised that Trump - who often criticises many of the reporters seated just metres away in the room - would deliver a stern rebuke of the media.