President Donald Trump was forced to sit through the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as he was roasted about press freedom and America being a country of “no kings.” Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and Trump's birthday doodle letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Karoline Leavitt whispers to Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Jonathan Ernst/REUTERSThis year’s dinner was the first time Trump has attended since 2015, weeks before he launched his first presidential campaign. Trump congratulated the journalists he had tried to sue, and then threw his hands up in the air, sparking laughter from the audience.