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Humiliated Trump Forced to Watch Mocking 'No Kings' Video

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President Donald Trump was forced to sit through the White House Correspondents' Dinner as he was roasted about press freedom and America being a country of 'no kings.' Three months after the annual WHCA dinner was postponed after an attempted assassination against the president, a scaled-back redo was held on Friday night. But in a somewhat humiliating moment for the octogenarian, the event kicked off with a lengthy video featuring journalists talking about the First Amendment, an AI image of Founding Father James Madison talking about the nation not being ruled by kings, and footage of Trump at various events calling the media 'fake news.' 'Hello from 1789. I'm James Madison,' the AI version of the former president said. 'Yes, that James Madison. I wrote the First Amendment. At the time, we worried a king might control the press. Turns out you're now worried about tweets, algorithms, and people yelling on television. Let me clarify the rule: the government doesn't get to shut the press up, not when it's wrong, not when it's annoying, and not when it's asking uncomfortable questions.' This year's dinner was the first time Trump has attended since 2015. The mood was noticeably different from the April event. The first lady, who was filmed looking terrified as she hid under the table after the shots rang out, opted not to attend Friday night's event. JD Vance was also absent. There was also less glitz and glamor, with no red carpet and no full week of pre-dinner parties. Some journalists opted not to attend the event, while others, including the Daily Beast, did so in order to report on it. Security was heavily beefed up, with fencing and barricades across downtown D.C. The Association also gave The Wall Street Journal a journalism award for 'courage and accountability' for its coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump has vehemently denied writing the letter and filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the publication. Trump congratulated the journalists he had tried to sue, and then threw his hands up in the air, sparking laughs from the audience.