After a suspect, believed to be targeting the President, who has already faced two previous assassination attempts, opened fire and was apprehended at the event’s security barricades at the Washington Hilton, Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social: “I have recommended that we ‘LET THE SHOW GO ON’ but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement. They will make a decision shortly. Regardless of that decision, the evening will be much different than planned, and we’ll just, plain, have to do it again.”
He added in a separate post that he had “spoken with all the representatives in charge of the event, and we will be rescheduling within 30 days.”
In a briefing later that evening to reporters, some still in their dinner attire, Trump again insisted: “We’re going to do it again.”
“We’re not going to let anybody take over our society. We’re not going to cancel things out,” he said of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which is a non-government event hosted by the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA).