Trump Skewered at 2011 Correspondents’ Dinner
My schadenfreude was in full regalia tonight.
It was almost uncomfortable watching Donald Trump, business tycoon and potential Republican presidential candidate, as the President of the United States and comedian Seth Meyers humiliated him at the podium during the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Obama remarked that with the birth certificate issue well behind him now, Trump would have plenty of time to investigate other important issues: the faking of the moon landing, Roswell, and the location of Tupac.
Speaking after the president, Meyers said wryly that it was funny how Trump keeps ending up on Fox, since a fox keeps ending up on Trump’s head.
But the funniest part of the night wasn’t the remarks, it was the cut aways to Donald Trump: He sat still and stone-faced at the Washington Post table while he was repeatedly lambasted, surrounded by a roaring audience rolling back and forth in laughter.
Classic.
Lloyd Grove at the Daily Beast lays it out:
“Donald Trump is here tonight!” the president began amiably. “I know that he’s taken some flak lately. But no one is happier, no one is prouder, to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald.” Trump could be seen smiling. “And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter—like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”
Trump’s smile was beginning to stiffen.
“All kidding aside,” Obama went on in a sober deadpan, “obviously we know about your credentials and breadth of experience.” At this, ripples of laughter coursed through the crowd of 3,000. The ripples built into waves, lapping at Trump’s table. “For example—seriously—in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice, at the steak house, the men’s cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks,” the president continued. “And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately you didn’t blame Little John or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night.”
The waves of laughter built into a tsunami. And then into a defeaning roar. And then cheers! There was a sickly grin plastered on Trump’s face, as it dawned on even him that the president of the United States had made a fool of him, and the whole world was laughing.
“Well-handled, sir! Well-handled!” Obama added, driving in the blade.
Below is a shot of the president laughing at Seth Meyer’s joke:
“If your hair gets any whiter the Tea Party is going to endorse it.”
See related post about the Correspondent’s Dinner: “Ah. Lord. Alright.”
