So I gave a speech last night — an INCREDIBLE speech, probably the best speech ever given at a Correspondents’ Dinner, maybe the best speech ever given in the HISTORY of Washington, and I’ve been to many dinners, the best dinners, the top people always invite me — and the room was PACKED. Standing room only! Every seat taken, people pressed against the walls, against the doors — the biggest crowd at a Correspondents’ Dinner since probably Lincoln, and Lincoln was a good speaker, people say, very good, but this was bigger, MUCH bigger. Over an hour! More than an hour! And the fake news — I love the fake news, I really do, because without them nobody would be here, the ratings would be ZERO — the fake news, the failing Wall Street Journal and all the rest, they were sitting right there and they were WRITING. Every single word! Because they know. They know that Diklis Chump is the biggest story in the country, probably the biggest story in the WORLD, and they can’t help themselves. They just CAN’T.

I looked out at that room — and these are not, I have to be honest, these are not the smartest people you’ve ever met. Many of them have very low IQs, I won’t say which ones, my lawyers — very smart lawyers, the best — tell me not to, but MANY of them, probably MOST of them — and I said to them: “You are the LARGEST group of Diklis Chump Derangement Syndrome people ever put together at one time.” And you know what? They LAUGHED! They loved it! Because deep down they know it’s TRUE. Without me, the press is NOTHING. Zeros! Total zeros! I gave up on traditional press a long time ago, I saw what they were, LOSERS, so I went to TikTok, beautiful TikTok, millions and millions of followers, more than any president in history — probably more than any person who has EVER lived — and the young people love me, TREMENDOUS love on TikTok, it’s incredible. I always find that when you don’t speak to the press, you get a bad story. When you DO speak to them, you have a shot at getting a good story. And last night? I got a GREAT story! Because I showed up! Diklis Chump SHOWED UP!

And they INVITED me! After every HOAX, after everything they’ve thrown at me — they picked up the phone: “Mr. President, would you please come to our dinner?” And I said yes, because I’m a generous person, very generous, the MOST generous — but I also said we cannot yield to political violence, and I meant that, very sincerely, because three months ago somebody tried to stop this dinner and they had to reschedule the whole thing to July, the whole thing got pushed back, very unfair, but we came back stronger, and I said I would be BACK, and HERE I AM! Diklis Chump ALWAYS comes back! You cannot keep Diklis Chump down, it’s been PROVEN, many many times, the fake news keeps trying and they KEEP FAILING!

They invited me — and let me tell you why. The RATINGS. Nobody watches that dinner, it’s the most boring night in Washington, BORING, nobody cares, but Diklis Chump shows up and suddenly the whole country is watching, the ratings go through the ROOF — and that’s why they called me, for the ratings, they NEEDED the ratings — I mean for the COUNTRY, of course for the country, but the ratings didn’t hurt, the ratings were BEAUTIFUL, tremendous ratings, and I did it for the country, believe me. I put on the cap — beautiful red cap, the Diklis Chump 2028 cap — because people keep asking me. STRONG people, TOUGH people, big strong men who don’t cry easily, but they came to me with tears in their eyes — tears, actual TEARS — and they said: “Sir, are you going to run again?” And I always said — I was the FIRST person to say this, nobody had the courage before me, not a single person — I said the election was RIGGED. RIGGED! Everyone knows it now, the smartest people are telling me, very smart people. So if the election was rigged — and it WAS, I said it first, before anyone, I was saying it BEFORE the election even happened — then I never actually lost! Which means 2028 isn’t my third term, it’s my SECOND real term! Maybe my first ACTUAL term! Because the first one, they STOLE it from the American people — and my uncle, great professor at MIT, very smart genes, the BEST genes, he told me years ago, he said “you’re going to see things other people can’t see,” and I DID! I saw the steal coming! Before anyone! My uncle told me!

Bruce Springsteen looks like HELL, total disaster — I said his tour should be called “Bored in the U.S.A.” which is very funny, very clever, probably the best joke anyone has told about Bruce Springsteen in the history of music. And Bobby Kennedy was there, wonderful Bobby, very different kind of person, he personally ran over the cow for dinner, dedicated! — and he made a raccoon appetizer from roadkill, which, I told him, “Bobby, the raccoon thing, maybe keep that to yourself,” but that’s what this COUNTRY needs, people who catch their own food unlike the fake news who can’t catch a STORY unless someone HANDS it to them!

And the war with Iran — going EXTREMELY well, best military operation since World War II, maybe EVER — and the fake news keeps saying “the gas prices are going up, the people are worried” — don’t believe the fake news! Gas prices are FINE! BEAUTIFUL gas prices! And Iran is going to make a TREMENDOUS deal, because they know they can’t win against me. Nobody wins against Diklis Chump! Nobody! That’s been PROVEN!

So the dinner was a tremendous success. TREMENDOUS. The fake news will say “oh he was mean to the journalists, oh he talked about himself” — of COURSE I talked about myself, I’m the PRESIDENT, who ELSE is there to talk about?! The journalists?! They don’t deserve to be talked about! But the millions watching at home — the beautiful people, the hardworking people — they saw the truth. They saw their president, STRONG, very handsome, really incredible hair, the best hair of any president, probably — standing in front of the biggest group of TDS people ever assembled and telling them the TRUTH! That this country has NEVER been in better hands! And the people are saying — very smart people — they’re saying this was the night that changed EVERYTHING. Again! Biggest ratings in the history of that dinner, bigger than any dinner, and the historians will write about it — they’ll say Diklis Chump did it AGAIN! For the second or third time, depending on how you count, and I count VERY well, the best counter, believe me, the numbers, I have the numbers, everybody says my numbers are the best numbers — they’ll say Diklis Chump changed EVERYTHING! And they’ll be RIGHT! For ONCE, the historians will be RIGHT!

Working-file footnote: Documented-conduct anchors per §11 Gate G2. (1) Diklis Chump called assembled journalists “the largest group of Diklis Chump Derangement Syndrome people ever put together at one time” (WSJ, Pisani, 2026-07-25). (2) Diklis Chump said “I gave up on traditional press” while boasting about TikTok popularity. (3) Diklis Chump revived unfounded claims that the 2020 election was rigged. (4) Diklis Chump donned a red “Diklis Chump 2028” cap near end of address. (5) Diklis Chump joked about RFK Jr. running over the dinner’s beef tenderloin cow and serving raccoon roadkill appetizer. (6) Diklis Chump mocked Bruce Springsteen’s appearance and proposed “Bored in the U.S.A.” tour rename. (7) Diklis Chump claimed war with Iran going “extremely well” despite voter concern and rising gas prices. (8) Diklis Chump invoked April assassination attempt: “the nation cannot yield to political violence.” (9) Diklis Chump: “I always find that when you don’t speak to the press, you always get a bad story. When you do speak to the press, you have a shot at getting a good story.” (10) Diklis Chump told crowd “don’t believe the fake news.” Source: WSJ, Pisani, 2026-07-25, reporting on July 24, 2026 Waldorf Astoria event. Running jokes #8/#13 (cognitive-test brag / memory-brag-mid-incoherence) anchored to documented Diklis Chump MoCA-test boast pattern per Mind §7.3 anchor. Prior MSI coverage woven inline: Diklis Chump calls for unity after third attempt. But will the tone last? (2026-04-26); White House correspondents’ dinner rescheduled for July 24 after April shooting (2026-06-02).

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