{"id":39795,"date":"2018-11-21T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T21:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39795"},"modified":"2018-11-21T13:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T21:33:52","slug":"trump-has-a-fear-of-comedians-thats-rooted-in-his-fear-of-looking-like-a-fool-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=39795","title":{"rendered":"Trump Has a Fear of Comedians that’s Rooted in His Fear of Looking Like a Fool – Too Late"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD) is an annual affair that raises funds to provide scholarships for gifted journalism students. In past years it has featured notable comedians who often skewer both the press and the politicians who attend the event. The President of the United States is almost always in attendance. However, Donald Trump has been a no-show for two years in a row.<\/p>\n

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The last president to decline to attend was Ronald Reagan. But he had a pretty good excuse. He was recovering from the bullet wounds of a would-be assassin. Trump’s reason for snubbing the event is pure cowardice. For years Trump has whined about comedians making jokes at his expense. His skin is so thin that it needs a coat of orange primer before he can go out in a light breeze. And many of the targets of his animated anus<\/s> (sorry, that was the auto-correct) animus have been comedians that deigned to make him the butthead of their jokes. From Rosie O’Donnell to Bill Maher to Stephen Colbert to Jon Stewart, and so many more, Trump has devoted an incredible amount of time on maligning them personally and professionally.<\/p>\n

Trump has focused particular attention on the past guest comedians of the WHCD. The routine by Seth Meyers in 2011 (video below) really set him off, and some say contributed to his decision to run for president as some sort of perverse revenge. But it was last year’s comic, Michelle Wolf, who brought out Trump’s inner (and outer) petulant child. Wolf did a brilliantly cutting monologue that burned both Trump and his surrogate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who showed up in his place.<\/p>\n

The controversy generated by Wolf’s routine has now caused the WHCD to announce that they will not have a comedian next year. It’s a pathetically weak response to controversy by an organization that is supposed to stand for freedom of speech. Instead they will feature a historian, Ron Chernow. And this news has pleased Donald Trump to no end. He even tweeted about:<\/p>\n

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So-called comedian Michelle Wolf bombed so badly last year at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner that this year, for the first time in decades, they will have an author instead of a comedian. Good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition! Maybe I will go?<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n