Hasan Minhaj, last year’s entertainer, received high marks for his balanced performance, coming at the height of tensions between Mr. Trump and the press. View all New York Times newsletters. If Mr. Trump attends the April dinner, it could create a far more charged dynamic in the room. The Gridiron, organized by an elite club of Washington journalists, is a more genteel version of the correspondents’ dinner, featuring skits and jokes performed by reporters and lawmakers. Of course, Mr. Trump’s history with the correspondents’ dinner is more fraught.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2018 18:26 UTC