Trump on Correspondent Dinner Went to Town with Anti gay and Trans Jokes/Mis-information
US President Donald Trump speaks during the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2026. Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images Christopher Wiggins Advocate President Donald Trump used the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Friday night to target two prominent gay journalists, mock transgender actress Dylan Mulvaney and deliver a sprawling rally-style address before hundreds of members of the press. Trump made an apparent antigay insinuation about CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, called independent journalist Don Lemon “the dumbest man on television” and offered a strange comparison between CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins and Mulvaney. The speech moved from TikTok views to the UFC fight held on the White House South Lawn, from an attack on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s weight to insults aimed at journalists and Democratic politicians. Trump complained about lawsuits, mocke...
