Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. For example- no, seriously, just recently in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice at the steakhouse, the men’s cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks.Īnd there was a lot of blame to go around. BARACK OBAMA: All kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. The conventional way in Washington of absorbing a joke at the White House correspondents dinner is to keep your chin up and at least pretend to have a sense of humor about it, even if you go cry into your pillow that night. It was so incredibly just- he just put on a poker face.ĭAVID REMNICK, Editor, The New Yorker: I was two tables away from Trump. OMAROSA MANIGAULT: Donald’s face was so incredibly serious.

BARACK OBAMA: What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac? GRAYDON CARTER, Editor, Vanity Fair: I was sitting 20 feet from him, and just the look of discomfort on his face. And that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter - like, did we fake the moon landing? BARACK OBAMA: No one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald.

TIMOTHY O’BRIEN: And proceeds to filet Donald publicly. TIMOTHY O’BRIEN, Author, TrumpNation: President Obama takes the microphone. NARRATOR: But that night, in front of Washington’s journalists, politicians and power brokers, Obama would hit back.

If he wasn’t born in this country, it’s one of the great scams of all time. But there’s something on that birth- maybe religion, maybe it says he’s a Muslim. He may not have been born in this country. NARRATOR: Trump’s invitation to the exclusive gathering came after weeks of attacking President Barack Obama on television.ĭONALD TRUMP: You are not allowed to be a president if you’re not born in this country. And you know, it was very exciting that Donald was there and. OMAROSA MANIGAULT, The Apprentice: I got to talk to Donald as we were going to our seats, and he was in just such a great mood. NARRATOR: It happened in April 2011 at one of Washington, D.C.’s, most glamorous nights. NEWSCASTER: Donald Trump has been invited. NEWSCASTER: We’re talking about the White House correspondents dinner tonight. NARRATOR: It was a moment of vindication for a candidate who had climbed back from a bitter public humiliation. NARRATOR: This past July, Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination.ĭONALD TRUMP: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States!

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