Trump Admin Forces Staffers To Also Skip White House Correspondents’ Dinner

4/25/15 -Washington Hilton- White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Guests include Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump attend. photos by: Christy Bowe- ImageCatcher News (Photo by Christy Bowe/Corbis via Getty Images)
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White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley issued an order Tuesday that all Trump administration officials must join their boss in boycotting this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, according to CNN.

The boycott is just part of the new normal in the time of Trump: the President will hold a dueling, likely media-bashing rally during the dinner. Trump’s penchant for skipping the festivities sets him apart from his predecessors: Ronald Reagan was the last President to miss the dinner, and he was recuperating from being shot at the time.

This year’s dinner will feature author Ron Chernow instead of the usual comedian.

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  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Who knew thin skin was so supple? Trump has enough to cover dozens.

  3. White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley issued an order Tuesday that all Trump administration officials must join their boss in boycotting this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, according to CNN.

    This is certainly a demand where jobs are threatened, as opposed to legally enforceable, right? Can Trump dictate what staffers do in their private time?
    
    "You are hereby forbidden to attend Knicks games, James Dolan pissed me off!"
    
    Can he do that?
  4. Now get them to skip everything and just go home.

    These poor fools don’t understand what the economy is really like outside the Trump stain, er, orbit.

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