{"id":2231806,"date":"2024-04-27T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-jokes-about-himself-and-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T23:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T03:48:11","slug":"biden-jokes-about-himself-and-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-jokes-about-himself-and-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden pokes fun at himself and Trump during White House event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-jokes-about-himself-and-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2231806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden playfully \u200cjoked about himself and former President Donald \u200cTrump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner,\u200d acknowledging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-never-wants-you-freed-from-politics\/\" title=\"The Left Never Wants You Freed From Politics\">age gap<\/a> between them \u200bin the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>. The\u200d light-hearted banter added a touch of humor to the event. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-slaps-mayorkas-with-subpoena-over-documents-on-catch-and-release-immigrants\/\" title=\"Jordan subpoenas Mayorkas for 'catch-and-release' immigrant documents\">provided summary<\/a> is concise and captures the essence of President Joe Biden&#8217;s humorous remarks about himself and Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, highlighting the age difference between them in the upcoming election. The mention \u2064of the light-hearted banter\u200b contributing to the event&#8217;s humor is also well-expressed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> cracked jokes about himself and former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday night at the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>, acknowledging that \u201cYes, age is an issue\u201d in the pair\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polls-finds-rising-tide-of-voters-worried-biden-lacks-fitness-to-be-president\/\" title=\"Polls show growing concern among voters about Biden's fitness for presidency.\">general election rematch<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a grown man running against a 6-year-old,\u201d Biden said, taking a shot at his opponent before turning it back on himself. \u201cWell, I feel great. I really feel great. I\u2019m campaigning all over the country: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina. I\u2019ve always done well in the original 13 colonies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 81, continued to embrace his age, roping <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> creator Lorne Michaels into one of his jokes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know you\u2019re looking around and saying, \u2018This guy\u2019s been doing this for 50 years, he\u2019s had his moment, give someone else a chance,\u2019\u201d Biden said, presumably of himself. \u201cTo say that, I say, Lorne, ignore the critics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president also took the opportunity to sneak in a few jabs at Trump, noting that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reflects-on-his-years-of-friendship-with-the-late-walter-mondale\/\" title=\"Biden Reflects On His \u2018Years Of Friendship\u2019 With The Late Walter Mondale\">vice president \u201c<\/a>actually endorses me,\u201d which former Vice President Mike Pence declined to do for the former president last month. Biden also mocked his predecessor for his legal troubles, which he said led Trump to start reading the Bibles he has been selling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen he got to the First Commandment: \u2018You shall have no other gods before me,\u2019\u201d Biden said. \u201cThat\u2019s when he put it down and said, \u2018This book is not for me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden wrapped up his remarks on a more serious note, criticizing Trump for referring to the press as \u201cthe enemy of the people\u201d as he took a moment to express his \u201cgenuine thanks to the free press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s wrong, and it\u2019s dangerous,\u201d Biden said. \u201cYou literally risk your lives doing your job. You do. Covering everything from natural disasters to pandemics to wars and so much more, and some of your colleagues have given their lives, and many have suffered grievous injuries. Other reporters have lost their freedom. Journalism\u2019s clearly not a crime \u2014 not here, not there, not anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden humorously addressed the age gap between himself and former President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. 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