‘The show must go on’: Trump returns to rescheduled White House press gala

US president makes jokes, mocks opponents at correspondents’ dinner that was halted by a shooting in April.United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, three months after a gunman upended the event.“As I said three months ago, the show must go on,” Trump said at the start of his speech on Friday, after a lengthy awards ceremony, during which several journalists, including CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, spoke.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3IOC rejects human rights group’s complaint against Trump ally Infantinolist 2 of 3Trump says ‘it’s time’ for Saudi Arabia to normalise ties with Israellist 3 of 3Trump threatens EU will pay ‘big price’ after Brussels fines Google $1bnend of listThe annual – and perennially controversial – event had originally been held in April, but it was swiftly derailed after a gunman attempted to storm the proceedings in an alleged effort to assassinate Trump.“Just like my presidency, the second time is always better and the third time will be better yet,” Trump quipped, before raising his hands at the crowd and saying, “I’m only kidding.”The US president is limited to two terms by the Constitution, but Trump has been facetiously floating the idea of running for a third time.The rescheduled dinner took place in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, with a guest list of 700 people, much smaller compared with April’s botched gathering.“It was an assault on our democracy itself; it was a very serious situation,” Trump said of the alleged assassination attempt.He lauded some of his aides, including Pete Hegseth, Steve Miller and Tom Holman, for showing “bravery” during the incident.“They were standing on tables, when most of you were under the tables,” he said.Alleged gunman Cole Tomas Allen had stormed a security gate at the gala venue, the Washington Hilton, armed with guns and knives. He was accused by prosecutors of shooting and injuring a Secret Service officer before he was stopped.