Trump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t last
As often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APView image in fullscreenAs often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience. Trump had to be Trump, insults had to be hurled, some of them stale and familiar, a few of them funny, all of them grievously petty.As often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience.
- ▪As often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience.
- ▪Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APView image in fullscreenAs often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience.
- ▪Trump had to be Trump, insults had to be hurled, some of them stale and familiar, a few of them funny, all of them grievously petty.As often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience.
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As often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APView image in fullscreenAs often happens with his stump speeches these days, the president lost his audience. Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APThe US politics sketchDonald TrumpTrump forced to play good sport at correspondents’ dinner – but it couldn’t lastRobert Tait in WashingtonPresident’s speech at Friday’s event started well enough but quickly moved to the usual insults, taunts, jokes and grievancesSat 25 Jul 2026 04.58 EDTLast modified on Sat 25 Jul 2026 05.12 EDTShareThis time, at least, everyone got to finish their dinner.And any urge to hide under the table was driven not by the barking commands of Secret Service agents on alert against a marauding gunman, but by a desire to…
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