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Why Should Team Trump Play Nice at Press Parties?

Karoline Leavitt announced she’s not attending the White House Correspondents Dinner next month, which looks like an even better decision after the journalists ripped Trump and Musk and Hegseth at the “Gridiron Club” dinner. The Washington Post reported PBS anchor Judy Woodruff “opened up the room with jokes about Mr. Musk’s fathering so many children and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s drinking.” Woodruff also wisecracked about “Big Balls,” a young Musk DOGE worker.

The New York Times headline on the dinner was “At Gridiron Dinner, Jokes About Trump, Musk and Russia Abound.” The reporters are still yukking it up on the Russian collusion references.

Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg — a major Obama fan — introduced the coterie of ambassadors from Denmark, Mexico and Canada as the “rebel alliance,” which makes Trump sound like Darth…

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