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NCS commentator Van Jones supplied phrases of unlikely reward to President Donald Trump throughout Trump’s attendance at the rescheduled White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) Dinner.
During the community’s protection of the occasion, anchor John Berman famous to viewers that the journalists’ awards can be handed out before Trump took to the rostrum to ship his speech, a schedule change that was not in impact April 25 when the dinner was initially deliberate.
“The president was going to speak first, then the awards. So, he could have left, in theory, if he wanted to,” Berman mentioned before tossing to Jones.
“This time, he’s going to have to sit through and watch awards being given to reporters who report on him, maybe in ways he doesn’t like. One wonders how he might feel about that.”
President Donald Trump speaks in the course of the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner within the Presidential Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria July 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
Jones replied by mentioning that Trump ought to obtain recognition for remaining to look at journalists who typically present protection that disagrees together with his administration.
“You really do have to give President Trump credit tonight,” Jones mentioned. “I mean, we were saying he was going to basically do his thing and run away.
“He’s not operating away,” Jones added. “He’s going to be there. And perhaps somebody can have the braveness to talk up [against him]. Maybe they gained’t. But he’s placing himself in hurt’s approach in that regard.”
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Van Jones attends the 85th Annual Peabody Awards at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Calif., June 1, 2025. (Variety via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
The dinner was rescheduled from its unique April 25 date after a gunman stormed the safety perimeter and fired a shot in an try to assassinate the president.
After Trump’s remarks at the occasion, by which he poked enjoyable at members of the press whereas candidly addressing his relationship with the media, Jones supplied a harsh rebuke to the president’s feedback.
President Donald Trump speaks during the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner in the Presidential Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria on July 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
“I believe the worst factor you possibly can say is that it simply wasn’t humorous at all,” Jones said. “It simply wasn’t humorous. It was imply and small. But you could be imply and small and humorous. This was imply and small and never humorous.”
Jones went on to criticize Trump’s topic choice at the annual gala, suggesting the president should have touched upon political issues while addressing attendees.
“And he didn’t speak about any American apart from himself and his enemies,” Jones continued. “There are individuals at house who can’t work out pay for gasoline. There are individuals at house who fear about their nephew who’s serving abroad.
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“There’s people at home who have real problems, who would love to see somebody reflect their reality and maybe make fun of some of their enemies, some of their problems. He missed the entire opportunity to talk to those people.”
Last week, the NCS correspondent and longtime progressive Democrat appeared to distance himself from far-left activists gaining traction inside his personal celebration.
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“Yes, we want our Democratic Party to be a big tent. But we don’t need ‘party poopers.’ So STOP pooping in the punch bowl — and telling us the turds are ice cubes,” Jones said on X.
In the identical submit, Jones condemned the platform held by Democratic Socialists of America activists and warned their positions on Hamas, prisons and immigration threat additional dividing the Democratic Party.
“Supporting Hamas is not progressive. ‘No police, no prisons, no borders’ is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE,” Jones mentioned.
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He went on to argue the distinction between each “progressive” and “regressive” platforms throughout the celebration.
“On the other hand, if everybody could see a doctor when they got sick, get a good, free education and breathe clean air — would that represent progress? Yes. Those are PROGRESSIVE ideas,” Jones added. “They are NOT the same thing. And the difference matters.”