President Trump is speaking at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Friday at the Waldorf Astoria in DC at 9 pm ET.
The WHCD had to be rescheduled after a gunman stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton earlier this year.
“I am proud to announce we will host another dinner to be held in Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 24th,” WHCA President Weijia Jiang said to me
“Rescheduling was not automatic. It was a choice that the WHCA board made after thoughtful consideration and input from our members,” she said.
“I want to thank board members for the time and care they brought to this decision, particularly on the security front. The event will feature significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures. We will share additional details directly with attendees,” she said.
“Our thoughts remain with the officer who was injured and with everyone who experienced that evening. We are indebted to the US Secret Service, law enforcement and the hotel staff whose swift response protected our guests and our staff,” Jiang said.
President Trump took the stage and sat next to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Leavitt said President Trump’s speech will be “unifying yet vicious.”
Victor Gonzales, the Secret Service agent who stopped the WHCD shooter back in April will be honored with the President’s Award for Exceptional Service on Friday evening.
WATCH:
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter and would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen was indicted by a grand jury on four counts in May.
Cole Allen was hit with a total of 4 charges: Attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.
Read the indictment here.
The Justice Department previously released high-resolution video of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter sprinting past a Secret Service checkpoint and opening fire.
The footage shows Cole Allen sprint through a magnetometer metal detector and open fire at a Secret Service agent in the lobby of the Washington Hilton.
The next hearing for Cole Allen is scheduled for August 20, 2026.
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