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President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Saturday that he will skip this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 11, 2017 11:43 AM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Apr 11, 2017 11:43 AM UTC Hasan Minhaj, a _Daily Show_ correspondent and comedian, will be the entertainer at the annual [White House Correspondents’ Dinner](http://time.com/4730173/white-house-correspondents-dinner-woodward-bernstein/), the association’s president announced on Tuesday. “I am thrilled that Hasan will serve as our featured entertainer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” WHCA president and Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason said in a statement. “Hasan’s smarts, big heart and passion for press freedom make him the perfect fit for our event, which will be focused on the First Amendment and the importance of a robust and independent media.” President Trump will [skip the annual dinner](http://time.com/4683002/president-trump-skip-white-house-correspondents-dinner/) this year, which typically brings a star entertainer together with the press corps, celebrities and White House staff. Trump’s adversarial relationship with the press prompted several news organizations to pull out of this year’s event and many celebrities have called for a boycott. Like the president, the White House staff will [not attend the dinner](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-spicer.html?%5Fr=0). “It is a tremendous honor to be a part of such a historic event even though the president has chosen not to attend this year. SAD!” Minhaj said in a statement. “Now more than ever, it is vital that we honor the First Amendment and the freedom of the press.” The dinner will be held on April 29 at the Hilton in Washington, D.C. Samantha Bee, the host of TBS’s _Full Frontal_ and a former correspondent for the _Daily Show_, announced in January that she would host an alternative event on the same day as the dinner that she’s calling “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.”She promised to donate proceeds from the event to the Committee to Protect Journalists. ## Transcript Is this dinner too turkey for the Donald? [ LAUGH ] What could he possibly be doing instead? Is he at home eating a Trump steak? [ LAUGH ] Tweeting at insults to [ UNKNOWN ]? [ LAUGH ] What's he doing? [ MUSIC ] Fake news [ APPLAUSE ] Are there jokes tonight about that? Well I don't know if there are gonna be jokes. I mean it was great victory for me. I mean he finally gave the birth certificate. Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for President as Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed he was running as a joke. [ LAUGH ] All clearing aside. Obviously we all know about Your credentials and breadth of experience. [ LAUGH ] For example, no seriously just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice, at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. [ LAUGH ] And there was a lot of blame to go around, but you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meat Loaf. 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