US EditionTrump Reportedly Bombed His Speech at Closed-Door Black Tie DC Dinner: ‘Jokes Landed With a Thud’
At the invitation-only Alfalfa Club dinner, Trump mixed jokes with policy remarks and targeted political rivals, but many jokes fell flat with the elite audience, attendees said.
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Trump used the dinner to mock political opponents. His jokes about Greenland and the Fed caused silence in the audience. An analysis.
Silence Greets Trump Jokes to 'People I Hate' at DC Dinner
President Trump mixed roast-style jokes with complaints and policy talk at Washington's Alfalfa Club dinner Saturday night, drawing frequent silence from a room filled with political and business heavyweights, attendees said. Appearing at the closed, bipartisan, black-tie gathering after a seven-day stretch that included a fatal shooting by federal agents...
Trump Reportedly Bombed His Speech at Closed-Door Black Tie DC Dinner: ‘Jokes Landed With a Thud’
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) President Donald Trump’s jokes at an elite closed-door Washington, D.C., event bombed so badly that “the room fell silent repeatedly,” The Washington Post reported Sunday. The awkwardness happened Saturday night at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather together each year on Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday. According to The Post, it was the first t…
'So many people in the room I hate': Trump delivers awkward jokes at elite dinner that fall flat, then threatens to sue his own appointee
President Donald Trump attended the annual Alfalfa Club dinner wearing a black tie. He made a series of very awkward jokes that often didn’t get good reactions from the crowd. One shocking moment came when he threatened to sue his own pick for Federal Reserve chairman. The event brings together Washington’s top politicians and CEOs every year, and Trump’s performance mixed complaints, political attacks, and a focus on himself. According to The W…
At the Alfalfa Club event, the president started by saying he hated a lot of people in the room, then tried to lighten the mood by annexing Canada and Greenland. It didn't work.
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