Trump's Rickles-Style WHCD Gags Bomb in Intimate Waldorf Setting

At the rescheduled WHCA Dinner in the Waldorf Astoria, Donald Trump delivered a roughly hour-long set mixing Rickles-like insults with rally lines, but the intimate, security-tight room of reporters largely sat in silence as many jokes fell flat; the night included RFK Jr. quips, a tribute to the Secret Service, and Oz Pearlman’s magic finale, underscoring a dinner that felt more fever dream than traditional humor.