The Witte Huis Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington had less famous guests than during the Biden Presidential, when Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm and Sean Penn mixed with journalists and politicians. But a red carpet was rolled out on Saturday.
President Trump, who skipped the annual Black Tie dinner during his first term, did not intend to attend the meeting before leaving Washington to attend Pope Franciscus’s funeral in Rome.
An appearance of comedian Amber Ruffin, which was booked as the host, was deleted last month “to ensure that the focus is not on the politics of the division”, such as the president of the association, Eugene Daniels, put it in a letter to the members.
This is how the people who attended the event – known as “Nerd Prom” in the capital – looked out when they arrived at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
