White House Correspondents' Dinner host says 'no one wants' Trump to show up

Comedian Amber Ruffin hopes President Donald Trump volition erstwhile again opt out of the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year.

The "Late Show with Seth Meyers" writer volition beryllium headlining the meal successful April and discussed the lawsuit connected CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper" connected Wednesday.

Although Trump ne'er attended the meal during his archetypal term, Tapper asked Ruffin if she would beryllium funny successful seeing him this year.

"No!" Ruffin exclaimed. "No 1 wants that. Sure, it's thing to do. I can't ideate helium would." 

Comedian Amber Ruffin appeared connected CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper" connected Wednesday. (CNN screenshot)

"He should," she added. "He’s missing retired connected 1 of the chill things astir being the President of the United States, but I don’t cognize that anyone’s looking guardant to being successful the aforesaid country arsenic him."

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Trump has not yet indicated whether helium volition be the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

Tapper remarked however Ruffin’s boss, late nighttime big Seth Meyers, had antecedently headlined the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner successful 2011. That year, Meyers infamously mocked Trump, who had attended the event.

"Donald Trump has been saying that helium volition tally for president arsenic a Republican, which is astonishing due to the fact that I conscionable assumed helium was moving arsenic a joke," Meyers said astatine the time.

Amber Ruffin joked that President Donald Trump should be the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner adjacent though "no 1 wants" him there. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images | Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tapper pointed retired however immoderate person credited that infinitesimal for inspiring Trump to yet tally for president successful 2015.

"[Meyers] got america into this mess," Ruffin joked. "It is his fault. If you’re looking for idiosyncratic to blame, blasted my boss."

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She continued, "He did what helium had to do. It cannot beryllium your occupation to razz people, and past this antheral comes unsocial and is similar ‘I’m going to beryllium president.’ You person to laugh. Ultimately, the joke’s connected us, isn’t it?"

President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) meal astatine the Washington Hilton, successful Washington, DC, connected April 27, 2024.  (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The yearly White House Correspondents' Association Dinner is attended by politicians, journalists and celebrities and usually features jokes by the big and the president. 

President Biden attended the dinner successful 2022, 2023 and 2024.

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