美国总统特朗普出席白宫记者协会晚宴，在华盛顿希尔顿酒店与记者互动。[1]这是4月发生枪击事件后恢复举办的第二次晚宴，特朗普表示"第二次总是更好的"。[1]
晚宴期间，特朗普一边讽刺新闻界，一边表达了对大多数记者的尊重。[1]他指责记者患有"特朗普妄想综合征"，[1]同时强调美国应当通过"开放和充分的辩论"而非暴力来解决分歧，称"我们用枪支而不是子弹解决分歧"。[1]特朗普还呼吁美国人尊重言论自由。[1]
本次晚宴约700人参加，[1]较4月遭枪击事件时的2000多人规模大幅缩减。[1]去年4月晚宴枪击案的嫌疑人为31岁的科尔·托马斯·艾伦，已被控试图暗杀美国总统。[1]在那次事件中表现英勇的特勤局官员维克多·冈萨雷斯获得了奖励。[1]
President Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he combined jabs at the media with expressions of respect for most journalists [1]. The event marked the return of the annual gathering following a shooting incident that occurred at an April dinner, making this the second iteration since that attack [1].
Reflecting on the resumption of the dinner, Trump remarked that "the second time is always better" [1]. He used the occasion to emphasize his vision for American discourse, stating, "We settle our differences with guns—not bullets—with open and full debate" [1].
The president criticized members of the press corps, accusing them of suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" [1]. Despite the barbs, Trump expressed respect for the majority of journalists in attendance [1].
The dinner drew approximately 700 attendees, a significant decrease from the over 2,000 people who gathered for the April event [1]. During the ceremony, Trump presented an award to Secret Service official Victor Gonzalez for his courageous actions during the April shooting incident [1].
The April dinner shooting involved 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, who faces charges related to an alleged assassination attempt on the president [1]. Trump used the current gathering to call on Americans to respect freedom of speech [1].