Trump seizes opportunity at WHCD to ramble about the media for over an hour
Trump seizes opportunity at WHCD to ramble about the media for over an hour
- July 25, 2026
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science, shares insight on Sky News Australia
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U.S. President Donald Trump has addressed attendees at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Well, I credit the correspondents for having another dinner. … Unfortunately, President Trump rambled for an hour and spent some of that time criticizing the media. That’s really not the purpose of an event that is supposed to recognize the importance of a free media in a free society,” [UC Irvine] political science professor Louis DeSipio told Sky News Australia.
Watch, via Sky News Australia.
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