A Night of Laughs Between Trump and His Favorite Punching Bag<br />“They’ve gone CRAZY!”<br />On Saturday night, however, Mr. Trump donned his tuxedo<br />and joined the very journalists he loves to malign for an evening of humorous — and sometimes uncomfortable — verbal sparring at the 133rd annual Gridiron Club Dinner.<br />In his opening remarks, David Lightman, the president of the club<br />and a national political reporter for McClatchy, motioned to Mr. Trump, saying, “For the first time, he is eating at a hotel that he doesn’t own.”<br />One skit featured the characters of Vice President Mike Pence and Hope Hicks, Mr. Trump’s closest aide, who is departing.<br />In 2011, when Mr. Obama savaged him at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Mr. Trump appeared to take it badly,<br />and some say his decision to run for president was a result in part of his anger at Mr. Obama for the jokes.<br />By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MICHAEL TACKETTMARCH 3, 2018<br />WASHINGTON — On Saturday afternoon, President Trump took another swing at his favorite punching bag.
