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Trump calls Obama's speech at past White House Correspondents' Dinner 'respectful' 35%
7/24/2026, 7:40:28 PM
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And there's one time in particular when
Barack Hussein Obama hosted it. Do you know who that is?
And he hit me hard, but actually he hit me with respect.
I was sitting with Melania at the table, and you had Brooklyn Decker, supermodel, at a table right next to and she I I really always will like her.
She's married to a great tennis player, Andy.
And she was at the table, not at my table.
And I have watched this clip thousands of times.
They keep playing it cuz they think that was evening I decided to run for president.
It was not. In fact, I loved the evening.
I looked at my wife. I said, "Can you believe it? All these people, that's all they're doing is talking about me. I love this dinner."
It's true.
And Obama was nice. He You know, it's amazing how things work out.
He actually showed a picture of the White House with a big Trump on top, like I put a sign.
And you know, I'm sort of doing that when you think about it, right?
I mean, think.
He wasn't really wrong. But no, he was respectful.
He was good. And and it had But it had nothing to do
to do. It had nothing to do. I just decided that
I wanted to make America great again.
This had nothing to do with that dinner.
I've gotten so many Yeah. I've gotten so many calls and for years they've been saying,
"Was that the moment you decided to run?" Really, no.
Uh I left that night. And the press was there. A lot of the same people that I want to see. They said, "Did you have a good time?" Unbelievable. And some thought I didn't have, but I did have.
And uh I really I always remember though Brooklyn. She was so angry.
She was much angrier than me. She was angry. She thought they were mocking me.
And they really weren't. It was just one of those things.
And I had a great time.
But I left and I sort of thought I was there three or four times before that.
But I sort of thought, "Wow, that dinner was really something special.
And then I ran, I got elected. I thought the press treated me very, very unfairly.
And I don't know. I think I made the right decision because
you hate to go where maybe you're not wanted, but they did want me. They wanted me for ratings and they wanted me for other reasons, but not for love.
And I said, you know, I'm not going to go. First time that ever happened, I think.
Was that the first time? Just about presidents always came.
And it didn't go for 4 years because I got treated terribly by the press.
And in you know, in my opinion, unfairly.
Uh I know unfairly because I know the facts, but I got treated unfairly.
I didn't go.
And this year I was called by your president and your chairman and all of the people and they said, "We'd like to do it."
And I said, "You know what?"
With time time goes by, time passes, and you sort of look at life a little bit differently."
I said, "Let's do it."
And I didn't know it's going to turn out the way it did.
It turned out to be the biggest event in the history of your day.
That was by far the biggest, right?
For all the wrong reasons.
But as I said before, a lot was learned from that evening.
So much having to do with so many different things, including security.
But it's an honor to do it.
This is my first I mean, I've been to it numerous times, but as president, I haven't been here.
And I'm glad. And I said, they said, "Would you do it next year?" I said, "I will be back next year." Now, if you get really, really nasty, maybe not. I don't know.
But we're going to be back next year.
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