特朗普定于周五出席白宫记者协会晚宴，这场活动在三个月前因武装分子试图闯入暗杀他而被迫中止 [1]。
事件发生时，加州居民科尔·托马斯·艾伦试图闯入宴会厅，特勤局特工在冲突中被击伤，艾伦随后被指控试图暗杀总统 [1]。
这次晚宴重启引发新闻界人士批评，认为在攻击言论自由的政府面前庆祝第一修正案构成虚伪 [1]。520名记者共同签署信函，指出特朗普政府近期向《纽约时报》记者及其亲属发出传票，要求提供电话记录 [1]。多家新闻自由组织也敦促白宫记者协会利用此机会质问政府对媒体的攻击，包括对广播电台许可证的撤销威胁 [1]。
白宫记者协会主席韦佳·江表示，重办晚宴传达的信息是"暴力在美国生活中没有立足之地" [1]。
晚宴地点已从华盛顿希尔顿改至沃尔多夫-阿斯托里亚酒店，活动规模大幅缩小 [1]。第一夫人梅拉尼亚·特朗普、副总统JD·万斯和国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥均未出席 [1]。
President Trump is set to address a reconvened White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Friday, an event that was abruptly halted three months earlier when an armed individual attempted to breach the venue in an apparent assassination attempt. [1]
The original dinner was disrupted when California resident Cole Thomas Allen tried to force his way into the ballroom, resulting in injury to Secret Service agents. Allen has been charged in connection with the alleged assassination attempt. [1]
The rescheduled dinner has drawn criticism from press freedom advocates who view its revival as contradictory. More than 520 journalists signed a letter expressing concern over recent actions by the Trump administration against press freedom, including the issuance of subpoenas to New York Times reporters and their relatives seeking phone records, as well as threats to revoke broadcast licenses for radio stations. [1]
White House Correspondents' Association President Weija Jiang characterized the decision to hold the dinner as a statement that "violence has no place in American life." [1] However, critics argue that celebrating the First Amendment in the presence of those attacking it represents hypocrisy. [1]
The venue has been relocated from the Washington Hilton to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, with the event significantly scaled down in size. [1] First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among notable absentees from the dinner. [1]