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‘Show must go on’, Trump tells scaled-back press gala 3 months after assassination attempt

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US President Donald Trump addressed the White House press corps at their annual gala dinner on Friday, saying 'the show must go on'. The event was scaled-back after a similar dinner three months earlier was interrupted by an assassination attempt. The mood at this year's gathering was notably different from the previous one.

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- Trump attended the annual press gala three months after an assassination attempt.

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US President Donald Trump said 'the show must go on' at the White House press corps annual gala dinner.

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The mood at this year's gala dinner was significantly different from the earlier one.

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  • - Trump attended the annual press gala three months after an assassination attempt.
  • - He told the press corps 'the show must go on'.

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US President Donald Trump told the White House press corps at its annual gala dinner on Friday that “the show must go on”, three months after an earlier attempt was interrupted by an assassination attempt. This time the mood was significantly different.

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The mood at this year's gala dinner was significantly different from the earlier one.

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US President Donald Trump said 'the show must go on' at the White House press corps annual gala dinner.

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The annual gala dinner three months earlier was interrupted by an assassination attempt.

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