I’ve covered Trump for a decade. At the White House correspondents’ dinner, darkness came viscerally close
Apr 26, 2026
Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meWhite House correspondents’ dinner shooting – latest updatesShocking. Unnerving. Unpredictable. Violent. For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Don
ald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close.Bang! Bang! What was that? Where was it? At 8.36pm panic and pandemonium reigned in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel. There were men running and cries of “Get down!” and “Stay down!” Continue reading... ...read more read less