美国总统特朗普于7月25日出席了白宫记者晚宴，该晚宴因4月份暗杀未遂事件推迟三个月后重新举办[1]。晚宴在华盛顿华尔道夫酒店进行，约700人参加，改址自原定场地华盛顿希尔顿酒店[1]。这是特朗普作为现任总统首次出席白宫记者晚宴，他在第一任期间从未参加过此类活动[1]。
在演讲中，特朗普对自己的任期与枪击事件进行了评论。他表示："就像我的总统任期一样，第二次总是更好。第二次总是更好。第三次会更好。"[1]特朗普还对在4月枪击事件中的特勤人员表示赞扬，称特勤特工维克多·冈萨雷斯的行为"令人惊叹"，并说"我们向你致敬，我们发自内心地感谢你"[1]。
与此同时，特朗普政府继续对媒体采取强硬措施[1]。政府对多家媒体提起诉讼，将美联社排除在白宫记者池之外，并限制记者进入五角大楼[1]。
President Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 25, 2026, at the Washington Waldorf Astoria Hotel with approximately 700 guests in attendance [1]. The event had been moved from its original venue, the Washington Hilton, and delayed by three months following an assassination attempt in April when a gunman breached a security checkpoint [1].
During his remarks, Trump joked about the possibility of a third term, stating, "Just like my presidency, the second time is always better. It's always better. And the third time will be better yet" [1]. He also praised Secret Service personnel who responded to the April incident, specifically commending agent Victor Gonzalez: "What he did was amazing. We salute you and we thank you with all of our hearts" [1]. This marked Trump's first attendance at the correspondents' dinner as president, as he did not attend any such events during his first term [1].
The Trump administration has pursued an adversarial approach toward the media, filing lawsuits against multiple news organizations, excluding the Associated Press from the White House press pool, and restricting journalist access to the Pentagon [1].