President Donald Trump had no patience for prewritten jokes at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
To his credit, the president attempted to stick to the remarks that had been prepared for him by speechwriters, but that didn’t last very long when the jokes failed to get the reaction he was looking for. After cracking wise about an unnamed lawmaker and barely getting any laughs, Trump went off-script to rip the people who wrote the “whole freaking stupid speech.”
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LOL! Nobody laughs at the joke and President Trump starts ripping the speech they wrote for him
“That was actually the only thing I thought was good in this whole freaking stupid speech that they wrote!”
“We need term limits in Congress…a senator I knew got a text of… pic.twitter.com/QCB9AwZCbs
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 25, 2026
“I do think we need term limits in Congress. I think term limits are very important, because I see what’s happening. I see what’s happening. The other day a senator I knew, great guy, got a text from his wife. And she said ‘When you get home, I want you to immediately come upstairs and make love to me.’ And he said ‘I can’t do both.’ You know, ha ha ha,” the president laughed mockingly after the joke bombed. “In other words, I can’t go up the stairs and make love. Does anybody get that? Well, I thought it was actually pretty good. That was actually the only thing I thought was good in this whole freaking stupid speech that they wrote!”
The last line actually garnered more laughs than the scripted joke.
“That was the only good one, and that went down with not exactly great laughter. So we’re looking for term limits. But I do wonder whether the Democrats are trying to lose the midterms. In Maine the nominated a guy with a Nazi tattoo, but don’t worry Democrats, word is that Platner’s replacement, he throws bottles at women,” the clip ends.
X users reacted:
Some speech writers getting fired tonight.
Wasn’t the best speech.— @JudeanGeneral ll
(@judeangeneral2) July 25, 2026
What does Trump, Carol Barnett, Hee Haw, and old SNL have in common?
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Real entertainment— Earl Kubin (@earl_kubin) July 25, 2026
Most important thing he said. Term limits need to happen in congress. If not, corruption will only get worse.
— Jayfly, (@Jayflycosta1) July 25, 2026
The speech was beyond terrible but still Trump 2028
— WAYLON JENNINGS (@CashHighwayy) July 25, 2026
I give it a C..parts were funny, I laughed at some jokes, some sounded more like campaign stuff, but overall it was OK, he was speaking to an audience that hates him
— Lakerfanalways (@Lakerfanalways) July 25, 2026
