“Comedian Michelle Wolf’s performance at Saturday night’s White House correspondents’ dinner, in which the “Daily Show” contributor landed some edgy punchlines at President Trump and some of his top staffers was … polarizing.
“And is there any surprise which side President Trump came down on?
““Everyone is talking about the fact that the White House Correspondents Dinner was a very big, boring bust,” the president tweeted Sunday morning. “The so-called comedian really ‘bombed.’ ”
“The thumbs-down from Trump followed negative reviews from reliable Trump defenders, but also from some journalists, too, with many critics saying the controversy should make the White House Correspondents’ Association rethink some of the dinner’s traditions.
“American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp said the “mocking” prompted him to leave the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where some 3,000 members of the media dined alongside administration types, lawmakers and others.”
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