--- title: Watch Clinton and Trump at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner description: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be in the same room again Thursday for the Alfred E. Smith dinner just a day after their final debate canonical: https://time.com/4539221/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-alfred-e-smith-dinner/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T19:16:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:26.887Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the Alfred E. 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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump arrive for the final presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 19, 2016. Joe Raedle—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 20, 2016 7:16 PM UTC Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be in the same room again Thursday night for the Alfred E. Smith [charity dinner](http://www.alsmithfoundation.org/the-dinner/) just a day after a heated final presidential debate. The white tie charity dinner—an election year tradition for decades—typically provides a welcome break from the heated tone of the campaign trail with candidates delivering humorous speeches that poke fun at their opponents and themselves. The unprecedented nature of the 2016 campaign has observers guessing what to expect. Trump has shown little ability to sit through jokes about himself (recall his [stone-faced response](http://time.com/3991301/donald-trump-barack-obama/) to President Obama’s barbs during the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner). And the audience of elite New Yorkers like former Mayor [Michael Bloomberg](http://time.com/4427753/dnc-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/) and state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, both [vocal opponents](http://time.com/4420975/michael-bloomberg-hillary-clinton-endorse-dnc/), could unnerve Trump. The dinner, which is named for four-term New York Governor and Democratic Presidential Candidate Alfred Smith, benefits Catholic charities. 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