Biden quips Trump is dealing with ‘Stormy weather’ at White House Correspondents’ dinner | EUROtoday

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President Joe Biden leaned into the spirit of the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening by throwing some jabs towards his opponent and the possible Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

While delivering his remarks to members of the White House Correspondents Association, politicians and present members of the Biden Administration, the president alluded to Mr Trump’s ongoing prison trial in Manhattan.

“I’ve had a great stretch since the State of the Union, but Donald has had a few tough days lately. You might call it Stormy weather,” Mr Biden cracked.

The joke, a reference to Stormy Daniels the grownup movie star on the middle of the case, was met with laughter and a sea of “oohs”.

Mr Biden continued, “Trump’s so desperate he started reading those Bibles he’s selling, then he got the First Commandment: You shall have no other Gods before me. That’s when he put it down and said ‘This book’s not for me.’”

The president additionally referred to Mr Trump as “Sleepy Don” as a result of he fell asleep in Manhattan Criminal Court and referred to as him “a six-year-old.”

Mr Biden was not the one individual to make use of the previous president’s prison trial to poke enjoyable at him, the host of the night, SNL solid member Colin Jost, additionally introduced it up.

“Can we just acknowledge how refreshing it is to see a President of the United States at an event that doesn’t begin with a bailiff saying, ‘All rise?’” Mr Jost joked.

The comic additionally famous that regardless of Mr Trump calling Mr Biden “Sleepy Joe”, it’s Mr Trump who “spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning.”

At the annual dinner, hosts and audio system are anticipated to poke enjoyable at themselves and others within the political sphere whereas additionally acknowledging the work of journalists who cowl the White House year-round.

During Mr Trump’s time in workplace, he refused to go and barred administration employees from attending. The former president famously doesn’t take criticism properly.

In the identical vein, Mr Trump responded to the jokes about him and his trial by saying, “The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad.”

“Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this!” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social.