It is an understatement to say that Donald Trump maintains terrible relationships with journalists and the media. Just since his return to the White House in January 2025, “he has sued press outlets, threatened to imprison journalists, and suggested on several occasions removing their broadcast licenses from television channels that aired reports he did not like,” notes The Atlantic.
Furthermore, the White House tenant does not hesitate to shower media representatives with insults through every possible channel, and he loves nothing more than “calling journalists enemies of the people,” as the magazine points out.
So when Donald Trump announced in early March that he planned, for the first time in his presidency, to attend the gala dinner organized on Saturday, April 25 by the White House Correspondents’ Association, a 105-year-old tradition, all the journalists in the capital were surprised and “the prospect of seeing President Trump deliver a speech at this gala raises uncomfortable questions,” explains The New York Times.
What kind of message will this president, who has sued, threatened, and demonized the media, “deliver,”
