Wolf Blitzer Cites Trump’s Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Key Takeaways
- •CNN's Wolf Blitzer presented an award to Wall Street Journal reporters at the White House Correspondents' Dinner for their investigation into a lewd birthday poem Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein.
- •The Journal's reporting claimed Trump sketched a naked woman and wrote a suggestive message to Epstein decades ago, allegations the president continues to deny.
- •Blitzer publicly highlighted that Trump filed a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal that revealed a reporter's home address, with the president seated in the audience.
- •Trump's only visible reaction to Blitzer's remarks during the event was a shrug.
- •Other doodles similar to those described in the Journal's reporting and attributed to Trump are part of the public record, despite his denials.
The White House Correspondents' Dinner saw an awkward moment on Friday when CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer addressed President Donald Trump’s attacks on journalism while Trump was in attendance.
Blitzer appeared onstage to present an award to reporters from The Wall Street Journal for major reporting published last year. The reporting exposed a lewd birthday poem from decades ago that Trump allegedly sent to the late billionaire financier and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. According to the report, Trump sketched an image of a naked woman and wrote, "may every day be another wonderful secret."
With Trump seated in the room and listening, Blitzer added, “Trump filed a lawsuit against The Journal, revealing a reporter's home address.” The line landed in a setting built around recognition of political reporting, making the dispute between the president and the newspaper part of the evening’s focus rather than a distant media controversy.
Trump’s only visible reaction was a shrug.
The president has continued to deny The Wall Street Journal’s reporting. He has insisted that he does not make doodles like the ones described in the article, even though a number of other such doodles attributed to Trump exist and are part of the public record.