President Donald Trump knows a thing or two about influencing media coverage and the president looking to do just that with a rally planned for next Saturday night.
…at the same time as the White House Correspondents Dinner that he opted out of.
“Next Saturday night I will be holding a BIG rally in Pennsylvania. Look forward to it!” Trump tweeted early Saturday afternoon.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/855816071663812608
The conflicting events not lost on anyone…
WHCD happening the same night https://t.co/gkpYHBvXc0
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 22, 2017
Nor is Trump’s expected motivation…
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/855819458811752448
The “enemies” remark is a play on a tweet from Trump in February, when he said the “FAKE NEWS media … is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
The president announced around this time that he wouldn’t be attending this year’s White House Correspondence Dinner.
As for the April 29 rally, it marks the 100th day of Trump’s presidency.
A few liberals came unhinged over the scheduled rally, but as more than one social media user noted, few outside the DC bubble care about the annual dinner.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
So that evening you'll have the 1) trump rally 2) #whcd 3) @iamsambee event https://t.co/i7G7BqCHpx https://t.co/97k8P3vy5N
— Ben Bell (@BenjaminBell) April 22, 2017
Journalists will be too busy to cover this, looking forward to their own event. They'll be at #Nerdprom #WHCD https://t.co/B9GP6VVXCs
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) April 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/855820942404091911
This will be quite a split screen with the #WHCD https://t.co/AuEqNrNJBd
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) April 22, 2017
Same night as #WhiteHouse Correspondents' Dinner. #POTUS sure understands counter programming #WHCD @WHCA https://t.co/T4lfklOuMJ
— Mitch Fox (@Mitch_Fox) April 22, 2017
#WHCD counter-programming. https://t.co/HgytXQVFkQ
— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) April 22, 2017
Nobody outside of the Beltway media gives three fucks in a fountain about the WHCD. Nobody. Anywhere. On Earth. In the Milky Way. https://t.co/4j0D4cyX8v
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) April 22, 2017
Wasn't enough for Trump to skip WH Correspondents Dinner—now holding rally at same time, which many would-be dinner goers will have to cover https://t.co/J7mabsE8xv
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) April 22, 2017
@kenvogel Fuck him. Don’t cover him. He wants this. This is sabotage. Don’t play into his hand, not difficult. Let local media pick up the slack.
— Von Hertzog (@Von_Hertzog) April 22, 2017
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