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Trump Roast

The White House Correspondent's dinner featured comedic digs, with Obama targeting Trump in a memorable roast. Discover the highlights!

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All the money in the world can't buy you an ounce of humility or self-deprecation. Via the NYT on last night's White House Correspondent's dinner last night, which is an annual roasting of the media, the President, and Beltway mores:

As a hair-gelled, grimly unsmiling Mr. Trump sat at a nearby table "” a guest of the Washington Post "” Mr. Obama ripped one punch after another at the real estate tycoon. "Donald Trump is here tonight," the comedian in chief said, grinning. "Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than The Donald. Now he can get to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened at Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"

A healthy serving of Trump roast was also dished out by SNL's Seth Myers:

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