Twitler just announced he won't be attending the White House Correspondents Dinner

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

I will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. THAT is a huge win!!!!!!!!!!!

HUGE!!!! Very bigly!!!

[FarPoint]

8. I don't trust him....

He would probably crash the Dinner at the last minute.

[gopiscrap]

78. don't admit him if he doesn't have a ticket

[Doodley]

2. What a loser! Sulking because nobody in the media likes him.

[Maynar]

75. His ego would never

withstand the pounding, and he knows it.

[rzemanfl]

3. They should respond by not attending the State of the Union. n/t

[gopiscrap]

79. totally agree

[BeyondGeography]

4. President Bannon has spoken

[Miles Archer]

56. "GET OFF THE PHONE."

From a Conan O'Brien bit with Trump on the phone to Obama.

[cilla4progress]

5. Hmph...

Afraid to be mocked again?

[malaise]

23. Afraid of the boycott from the real media

Fuck this sicko

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. So - SCROTUS chickened out.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Isn't that great????? Now I betcha all the media will attend.

which would be super.
Speeches oughta be great.

i wonder how many of his court will show up..hmmm.

[monmouth4]

48. I just read that many schedules just opened up. LOL..n/t

[Cha]

82. lol

[putitinD]

7. President Bannon will probably go instead!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

42. He'll need to drink a couple of fifths

To build his courage up.

[handmade34]

9. seriously??

the dinner is not until April 29... I suppose he might realize he won't be around in 2 months

[jodymarie aimee]

10. too funny

like a petulant toddler.

[virtualobserver]

11. great, they should hire Colbert to entertain Trump from a distance

[Rhiannon12866]

63. Wasn't he just excellent?!

There are several out there right now who are doing such a great job of calling him out, but then he makes it easy. If all of them showed up at once - Stephen Colbert, Seth Myers, Larry Wilmore, Trevor Noah, Bill Maher - Alec Baldwin and Melissa McCarthy - that would be awesome!

[salin]

12. Maybe because there have been reports of dwindling participation

so it will be a smaller event, and well, Inauguration Envy x 2 is best avoided. Plus he couldn't take the roasting. Maybe one of his baby sitters made this call for him.

[True Dough]

14. Then let's review some of the highlights from past WH correspondents' dinners!

[CincyDem]

15. "When they're running you out of town, get out in front of the crowd and call it a parade" n/t

[Laurian]

16. Everybody else is bailing because of him. He doesn't want to face the fact that

nobody wants to be associated with him. Loser!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Duh. He doesn't work Saturdays.

[GoCubsGo]

20. He also spends most of them in Florida.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

21. It's just an impossible scheduling conflict.

[randome]

18. Sitting at a table is too much work. He'll go to Mar-a-lago instead.

[Doodley]

19. They are going to use an inflatable Trump doll instead - apparently it's more intelligent

[Historic NY]

22. Baldwin must be available.....

hide and seek with Donnie, dimwhit.

[sheshe2]

27. Bwahahahahhaha

Baldwin...perfect.

[Denzil_DC]

59. Yessss.

A twofer: We all don't have to sit through Trump trying to show he can be witty, and Baldwin gets free rein!

[uponit7771]

67. Please!!!

[gopiscrap]

80. Excellent

[rug]

24. Invite Obama!

[Doodley]

26. Or his bosses, Bannon and Putin.

[Afromania]

28. oh man that would burn his ass so damn much

[canetoad]

64. My first thought too

It's the WHCA's event, they can invite who they like. Oh how that would burn.

[lunatica]

25. Coward

I noticed from way back that his aggression is never done face to face. It's all done through twitter or when he's in one of his rallies.

Otherwise he's like a sniveling coward. Then the moment he's no longer in their presence he gets all bullish and strutty.

[Doodley]

29. Trump will spend the evening in his tower sending out nasty Tweets about the dinner

[Trust Buster]

30. Given the circumstances, this was the appropriate decision.

This dinner is to acknowledge fine journalism over the past year and to reward aspiring journalists with scholarships. DU members should not use this dinner as political fodder IMO.

[oldtime dfl_er]

31. fodder?

There's NOTHING more political than the Correspondents' Dinner. Nothing.

[Trust Buster]

34. I don't think you understand why this dinner is held.

[oldtime dfl_er]

36. I'll bet I do.

.

[EleanorR]

37. Colbert at his best

[Trust Buster]

39. I'll have to check but I don't think Colbert was ever the President.

[leftstreet]

61. +1

Additionally, the increasing press suck up 'Oscar night' - ness of it is creepy

Not comfortable seeing the line between press and billionaire politicians blur

[bunnies]

32. Has this ever happened before?

What a chicken shit!

[Denzil_DC]

74. Yeah, but rarely.

Nixon skipped it in 1972, as did Carter in 1978. And Reagan in 1981, but then somebody'd just recently shot him.

[Hen House]

33. Remember how badly he bombed at the Al Smith Dinner

He had priest booing him. The only funny joke he had was were he made fun of Melania for plagiarizing Michelle's speech. So, the funniest joke he told was one where he made fun of his wife. Trump has no sense of humor and doesn't get self deprecating humor at all.

[Old Vet]

40. Youre right, I had forgtten what a asshole he made of himself. Welcome to DU Hen House

[Miles Archer]

58. The classics never die.

[gopiscrap]

77. Welcome to DU

[BSdetect]

35. Loser

[lpbk2713]

38. Faux probably won't cover it.

Because Trump will be thoroughly skewered.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. Aw shucks

I'm sure everyone here is so heartbroken

[sunonmars]

43. Jumped before he was disinvited...now invite Baldwin or empty chair him...

Roast that piece of shit to hell and back.

[IADEMO2004]

44. Military wouldn't let him test drive a predator drone that night would they?

[dembotoz]

47. Had me thinking that too

[WomanWhoRoars]

45. Hmmm

Why announce that today when it's not for several weeks?

[lpbk2713]

53. He's skeered.

[yeoman6987]

57. He wanted to beat CNN who was going to announce they weren't participating

[workinclasszero]

46. So the special snowflake-in-charge

is going to hide in his safe place in the white house watching faux news and throwing a tantrum?

What a pathetic POS.

SAD!

[ffr]

66. It's safer for his tiny ego.

There's sure to be someone there who'll hurt is feelings, the big overweight baby!

[Kingofalldems]

49. What a baby. I wonder what excuse his internet yeoman will make up for him.

[Kingofalldems]

65. And just like clockwork right above this post we get an excuse.

[Doodley]

50. Apparently he had to get a sick note from President Bannon

[Ken Burch]

51. If it weren't for Samantha Bee's alternative event

I'd say Colbert should tape his show at the dinner that night.

[C_U_L8R]

52. What a chicken. Bwahahahaha

So vain. Such thin skin. So pathetic.

[mnhtnbb]

54. There are some really funny responses to his tweet, including 'toons like this one

[Miles Archer]

55. AWWW. The Donald has a sad over the fake, crooked, failing media. Sad!

[Kimchijeon]

60. Good, have Obama back

what a big baby this guy is.

[old guy]

62. He will attend.

[Tikki]

71. I think you are correct..

Just waving a false flag to get a reaction.

Something, at least in his mind, will happen between now and then and he'll say he has to be there.
He has a month..Something...MIHOP


Tikki

[BREMPRO]

68. He's pathetic! What a thin skinned unfunny disingenuous loser.

This isn't high school Donald... I guess it's extra free shots since he will be in hiding.

[mwooldri]

69. #45 has zero respect for media & 1st amendment. Sad!

[Hamlette]

70. He's going to Samantha Bee's party! Good for him.

prolly not.

[Motownman78]

72. Cuttin and Runnin

Just like Saint Ronnie after Beirut!!

[MyNameGoesHere]

73. Chicken Shit Thin Skin is a coward.

[Skittles]

76. KING SNOWFLAKE CAN ONLY BE IN A ROOM WHERE EVERY ONE IS KISSING HIS ASS

FUCKING COWARD

[Synecdoche Trope]

81. Trump really IS a Republican!

This latest act of cowardice proves it.

[Maru Kitteh]

83. I think they should have Rosie O'Donnel host!

It should be a fun watch now that Dumpster chickened out!