President Trump hasn’t had the last laugh.
Comedian Michelle Wolf was ready with a punchline after the president attacked her performance at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while teasing his possible attendance at next year’s event.
In a tweet late Tuesday, Trump said Wolf “bombed so badly” that the organization has chosen to skirt its usual tradition of inviting a comedian, instead asking author Ron Chernow to be the featured speaker. Wolf’s performance drew particular scorn over a joke targeting the physical appearance of White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
“I bet you’d be on my side if I had killed a journalist,” Wolf wrote back on Twitter, including first lady’s Melania Trump’s “Be Best” hashtag for her initiative combating cyberbullying.
I bet you’d be on my side if I had killed a journalist. #BeBest https://t.co/bZ91Cg0QCr
— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) November 21, 2018
Trump was roundly criticized Tuesday when he distanced himself from the CIA’s reported conclusion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
