Donald Trump is expected to speak around 9 p.m. ET on Friday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, rescheduled after the association’s traditional April event was abruptly stopped after a shooting in which a gunman breached a security checkpoint.
At the time, Trump had called for a new dinner. In remarks at an event on Thursday, White House Correspondents’ Association president Weijia Jiang said that there was determination from the association board, members and “from people across the political spectrum who reached out and said ‘That can’t be how your story ends this year.’”
The rescheduled event will
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