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Everyone is having a field day with news that Trump is skipping the Correspondents' Dinner

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Everyone is having a field day with news that Trump is skipping the Correspondents' Dinner
Hmm, what's different this year? Credit: larry busacca/Getty Images

President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that he won't attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner for, uh, no reason.

Maybe the White House foresaw that Trump's skills might not lie in his comedy routines? Maybe Trump remembered how the last few dinners that mentioned him went? Or maybe he wanted to be the one to back out before every other media organization could cancel?

Whatever the cause, Twitter was pretty happy:

Have a great evening!

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Emma Hinchliffe is a business reporter at Mashable. Before joining Mashable, she covered business and metro news at the Houston Chronicle.

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