Members of the American media, who have spent years calling Trump an authoritarian and have even repeatedly compared him to Hitler, are now complaining that the jokes he told at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner were too mean.
Remember, these same people also regularly accuse Trump of being thin-skinned for not wanting to be compared to a fascist dictator. But they break down at the slightest pushback.
They take themselves so seriously and are completely incapable of taking any criticism while they hurl insults 24/7.
Brian Stelter of CNN writes:
President Donald Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Friday night. He knew he was bombing, too, and he even tried to meta-joke his way out of it.
But no. Even the president’s jokes about his bad jokes fell flat, and he was widely ridiculed for the comedy routine afterward.
Members of the media mocking a leader’s dismal performance on live TV and all across the internet? In some other countries, that’s a criminal offense. But in the US, it’s the norm, so maybe Trump’s speech unwittingly underscored the theme of the dinner: America’s robust First Amendment protections.
In a rambling hour-long speech, Trump insulted journalists by name, repurposed old nicknames for political opponents, made a strange number of fat jokes that weren’t funny at all, and sounded mad at his unnamed writers for giving him weak material to work with.
The Associated Press called it an ‘insult-filled’ speech.
President Donald Trump delivers a rambling, insult-filled speech at the correspondents’ dinner three months after it was derailed by a shooting. https://t.co/9xEBljvC1C
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 25, 2026
ON ABC News, the network responsible for ‘The View,’ a correspondent called Trump’s speech insulting.
From NewsBusters:
ABC’s Good Morning America had the most to say of the three broadcast networks on Saturday after President Trump addressed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner the previous evening. Correspondent Steven Portnoy got in all the usual beats, including referring to the dinner as “a celebration of the First Amendment” and lamenting Trump’s “insulting” performance. To make matters worse, Portnoy claimed the dinner was rescheduled because the April attacker wanted to target, not Trump, but “the dinner.”
Before his video report, Portnoy began by hyping, “The event had White House reporters insisting political violence can’t stop a celebration of the First Amendment.”
There are more examples, but you get the idea.
Our media is made up of crybullies who dish it out all day every day but can’t take it at all.
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