Washington: The White House press corps gathered on Saturday for its annual black-tie dinner, a toned-down affair this year after Donald Trump snubbed the event, becoming the first incumbent US president to bow out in 36 years.
The humour fell to Indian-American headline comedian Hasan Minhaj.
"In four hours, Donald Trump will be tweeting about how bad Nicki Minaj bombed at this dinner." - @hasanminhaj #whcd pic.twitter.com/Dhyq5td8Kp? The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) April 30, 2017
"We've got to address the elephant that's not in the room," cracked the entertainment headliner. "The leader of our country is not here. And that's because he lives in Moscow. It's a very long flight. As for the other guy, I think he's in Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke."
"I could not possibly be more thrilled than to be more than 100 miles away," he told a crowd in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, calling out The New York Times, CNN and MSNBC by name.
Trump attended in 2011, when then-President Barack Obama made jokes at the expense of the New York real estate developer and reality television show host.
The stars of the night were Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who recounted what they learned about journalism from their reporting for The Washington Post that helped lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation more than 40 years ago.
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