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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner returned—smaller, quieter, but no less charged. The president opened with a nod to the reschedule, praising open debate and resisting political violence, but quickly veered into his trademark tangents, including a boastful jab at the venue’s cost. The room’s energy sputtered as he launched into a lengthy, pointed attack on a congresswoman—a familiar target. Later, he handed out awards to journalists who’ve criticized him, even shaking hands with reporters he’s sued and forced to relocate. Ending with a paradoxical toast to the free press—claiming he values it more than anyone, yet warning that once he’s gone, the news will wither without him—the night was a chaotic, contradictory mix of charm, confrontation, and calculated optics.

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