白宫记者协会将在华盛顿沃尔多夫-阿斯托里亚酒店重新举办原定于4月但因安全事件被迫取消的晚宴[1]。特朗普已确认出席，白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特表示"总统期待完成他在4月开始的事情"[1]。
特朗普在Truth Social发文表示，他对晚宴上的发言内容持开放态度[1]。他写道："我不确定是否会发表同样相当刻薄的言论，至少涉及某些人，但我们很快就会知道。无论如何，这将是一张'热门'门票！"[1]
晚宴将颁发奖项给在4月安全事件中受伤的特勤局特工维克多·冈萨雷斯以及华盛顿希尔顿酒店员工[1]。4月原定晚宴因枪手冲过安全检查点而被迫撤离[1]。
新闻自由倡导组织联合致函敦促记者协会在晚宴上强烈谴责政府对媒体的打压[1]。这些组织表示："我们认为在攻击第一修正案的人面前庆祝第一修正案是虚伪的"[1]。
The White House Correspondents' Association will hold a rescheduled dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington on Friday, following the cancellation of the event originally planned for April after a security incident [1].
President Trump has confirmed his attendance at the dinner [1]. According to White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt, the president "looks forward to completing what he started in April" [1]. Trump posted on Truth Social that he was uncertain whether he would deliver remarks as pointed as those he had prepared previously, stating: "I'm not sure I will make the same very nasty remarks, at least on some people, but we'll find out soon. In any case, this will be a 'hot' ticket!" [1]
The dinner will present awards to Secret Service agent Victor Gonzalez, who was injured when a gunman breached the security checkpoint at the April event, and to Washington Hilton Hotel staff members [1]. The original dinner was forced to evacuate after the shooter bypassed security [1].
Press freedom advocacy groups have jointly urged the correspondents' association to use the occasion to strongly condemn the Trump administration's actions against the media [1]. In their letter, the organizations stated: "We believe it is hypocritical to celebrate the First Amendment in front of someone who is attacking it" [1].