Paul Ryan jabs Trump with jokes at Al Smith Dinner

Ryan responded to the audience’s applause as he took the stage by saying, “Please, enough. You sound like the Cabinet when Donald Trump walks into the room,” a reference to the habit of Cabinet officials to applaud Trump in front of media.

Ryan, who is often asked what he thinks about the president’s use of Twitter, also took a jab at Trump’s tweeting habits.

“Every morning, I wake up in my office and scroll Twitter to see which tweets I will have to pretend that I didn’t see later,” he said.

The speeches at the annual charity dinner for the Alfred E. Smith Foundation are typically roasts of high-profile politicians. During presidential election years, the major-party nominees roast each other and Ryan noted that Trump’s remarks last year came across as abrasive.

“I know last year at this dinner Donald Trump offended some people with his comments, which critics said went too far,” Ryan said. “Some said it was unbecoming of a public figure and that his comments were offensive. … Well, thank God he’s learned his lesson.”

Ryan also jabbed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for being a sore loser after losing Trump as a donor and even poked fun at himself, saying his predecessor as House speaker, John Boehner, calls every day not to give advice, but just to laugh.

He also noted that different media outlets will have a different take on his remarks, saying Trump would comment on the response to his own name being said.

“Everyone will report what happened here tonight differently. Breitbart will lead with ‘Ryan slams the president amongst liberal elites.’ The New York Times will report ‘Ryan defends the President in a state Hillary won.’ And the president will tweet, ‘300,000 at Al Smith dinner cheer mention of my name.'”