On 2/5/2025, Trump’s attendance in doubt at White House dinner amid comedian controversy. It’s unknown if President Donald Trump will be attending this year’s White House Correspondents’ dinner since the comedian headlining the event previously shared some harsh words for the commander-in-chief. Comedian Amber Ruffin was announced to be the featured entertainer at the annual dinner happening on April 26 in Washington, D.C., according to a news release provided by the White House Correspondents’ Association.
Daily Caller’s Reagan Reese: “The WHCA announced that comedian Amber Ruffin, who has called the President ‘a toddler with his pants pulled down,’ will be the entertainment for this year’s correspondents’ dinner. Does the White House have a reaction to this choice, and will the President be attending the dinner this year?”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “Certainly an interesting choice. I have the President’s invitation on my desk. I have the invitation for myself on my desk as well. Haven’t talked to the President about it; when he makes his decision, I will let you all know, but definitely an interesting choice of the comedian. I’ll talk to the boss about it and see what we decide.”
TRUMP CRYPTO CZAR DAVID SACKS announces – “We’re looking at a Bitcoin reserve.”
Peter Doocy: “It sounds like something that they’re most concerned about is DOGE engineers with access to Treasury systems. Can you clarify, do the DOGE engineers have read-only access—”
Leavitt: “Yes.”
Doocy: “—in these systems, so they are not allowed to write new code?”
Leavitt: “No.”
Doocy: “They’re not? Okay.”
Leavitt: “No.”
Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence: “So, now that the President Trump’s policies are starting to take shape, how long will it take to cycle through and get some of the actual prices that Americans are paying to come down?”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “The prices at the store and at the grocery pump?”
Lawrence: “All of the above?”
Leavitt: “Across the board? Sure. Well, the President is doing everything he can obviously to reduce the cost of living crisis in this country as quickly as possible. That’s why he signed a litany of executive orders across the board in the first couple of weeks here, he declared a national energy emergency. He committed to cutting 10 regulations for every new one on the book. As you know, working for a Fox Business–related outlet, deregulation and energy independence are huge drivers of reducing inflation in this country, and I think Americans can be assured by the results President Trump had in his first term when again inflation was 1.4 percent when he left office.”
Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence: “But is it months or is it a year and will Americans have the patience to wait for it?”
Leavitt: “I don’t have a — I don’t have a timeline, but the President is doing everything that he possibly can to reduce cost of living for Americans at home.”
Spectrum News’s Taylor Popielarz: “You talked a bit about DOGE. Elon Musk is currently a special government employee who also owns companies that have billions of dollars in federal contracts. You said earlier this week that he has abided by all applicable federal laws, but what steps is the Trump administration taking to address that conflict of interest?”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “The President was already asked and answered this question this week, and he said if Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, that Elon will excuse himself from those contracts, and he has again abided by all applicable laws.”
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