President Trump says he had a “great time” during the last White House Correspondents’ Dinner he attended — but that he’s “inclined” to skip it for the fourth time as president unless he’s treated “fairly” by reporters.
Trump told The Post during an exclusive Oval Office interview that he is “inclined toward not going” to this year’s dinner, which was pushed back to August due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I could change. I could change. If they treated this administration fairly, I’d change my mind,” Trump said. “But they just can’t do it. You see the hostility.”
Since 2017, Trump has neutered the formerly star-studded gala of its prestige by boycotting it to host rival political rallies. Without a president on the dais, Hollywood A-listers are gone and glamorous weekend events have shriveled.
“They want me to go. I just feel that we’re treated very unfairly by the press,” Trump said. “I don’t mind being, you know, treated properly where you do something wrong, they write that you did something wrong. But like, for instance, with [coronavirus] testing, no matter what I do, they will say it’s not enough.”
Trump slammed reporters for using anonymous sources, and said he’s outraged that some people claimed he ran for president because of his experience at the 2011 correspondents dinner — where he was the butt of jokes about former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
“And so, you know, they want me to go to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and I didn’t run because of that … remember they all said [that],” Trump said. “When I ultimately announced, people say I announced because of that night, I’m going to get even — I didn’t even think of it. It’s so ridiculous. It’s just made-up fiction.”
“You know, it’s funny … that was many years ago now, that was probably 10 years ago with Obama. He treated me very nicely. You know, it was fun, but he treated me with respect,” Trump said.
But Trump blasted that evening’s comedian-host, “Late Night” host and former “SNL” star Seth Meyers.
“That no-talent comic was nasty — ‘marble mouth’, because he can’t speak properly. But Obama treated me fine. And I left that I remember saying I had such a great time that night,” Trump recounted.
“And the next day the newspapers said he was lambasted, he had a horrible time. … I told everybody it was great. ‘Hey, I had the president of the United States doing 50 percent of his routine on me.’ I had a great time.”
He added: “Seth Meyers, he was nasty. Just one joke. The guy’s got no talent whatsoever. Zero. How do these guys get jobs? I don’t get it. How does a Seth Meyers, how does [Stephen] Colbert — has no talent, there’s nothing funny about him, nothing funny. You look at some of these people and you say, ‘How do they get a job?’ They are just so average. They are average people, they are average people.
“And I know extraordinary talent, I know it better than anybody, but a guy like Seth Meyers is a zero. And he said, you know, just one or two things that were nasty. And he mispronounced words, he was nervous as hell, he couldn’t speak properly — that’s why I call him marble mouth.”
Trump added about the former president: “Obama treated me, you know, very good. You know, it was fun. He had a picture of the White House saying ‘Trump house’ on it. … Next day, you wake up and you read these headlines, ‘Trump excoriated.’ ‘Trump had a miserable time.'”
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