Trump’s biggest laugh at the WHCA dinner: Making fun of his own health secretary RFK Jr for eating roadkill
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At the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, President Donald Trump made a joke about his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claiming that Kennedy ran over a cow with his car to provide beef tenderloin for the event. The remark drew laughter from the audience, highlighting the informal atmosphere of the dinner. This incident underscores Trump's tendency to use humor about his own administration officials.
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Trump mocks his own health secretary RFK Jr. at a formal dinner.
The event was the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
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Trump said that Kennedy ran over a cow with his car so that beef tenderloin could be served.
The Independent- Trump mocks his own health secretary RFK Jr. at a formal dinner.
- The quip involves a crude joke about running over a cow.
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Loaded language removedThe president quipped that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘ ran over the cow in his car’ so that beef tenderloin could be served at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
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Trump said that Kennedy ran over a cow with his car so that beef tenderloin could be served.
The IndependentThe event was the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
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