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At Washington, D.C.'s Alfalfa Club dinner, Donald Trump’s roast-style routine fell flat, drawing audible silence from MAGA allies as he riffed on Greenland, Iran, and pressure on the Fed; the spotlight also centered on his Fed chair pick Kevin Warsh, while Democrats criticized the optics of a billionaire-heavy gathering amid affordability concerns for ordinary Americans.
At a closed-door Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump's jokes reportedly bombed, with the room going quiet multiple times as he teased rivals and floated a Greenland joke; The Washington Post highlighted the awkward moment, after which Trump flew to Mar-a-Lago for a wedding.
At the Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, President Trump wore black-tie and attempted humor about Greenland, but his set drew silence amid mass immigration protests and ongoing political strain, underscoring the stark contrasts of his frenetic presidency.
At Washington’s exclusive Alfalfa Club dinner, President Trump joked that he might sue his Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh over lowering interest rates, calling the moment a roast while signaling he expects Warsh to push rate cuts. Warsh, a former Fed governor, had been nominated to chair the Fed, a choice that follows Trump’s pressure on Jerome Powell to cut rates. The event drew a bipartisan mix of political and business leaders, with attendees including prominent officials, before Trump left for Mar-a-Lago.