Donald Trumpthanked the media for a "responsible coverage" of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident, that took place at Washington’s Hilton hotel on Saturday night, April 25. Addressing the press from the White House, hours after the incident, the US President said, “I want to thank the press, the media, you have been very responsible in your coverage, I will say."

Speaking about the dinner event, Trump said that it was an event dedicated to the freedom of speech that was supposed to bring together members of both parties, with members of the press and in a certain way it did."

"The room was totally unified, it was a very beautiful thing to see," the President said.

While taking questions from the reporters, Trump lauded Weija Jiang, who is a senior White House correspondent for CBS News and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

He said, “Madam Chairman, I just want to say you did a fantastic job, what a beautiful evening and we are going to reschedule."

"You have done a fantastic job," the President reiterated.

Donald Trump and other top officials were evacuated unharmed from the annual dinner of White House correspondents after a man armed with multiple weapons fired shots outside the ballroom of the hotel.

The incident took place at around 8:34 PM local time when dinner was served. At that time, Trump was seen having a conversation with Weijia Jiang, the President of the White House Correspondents' Association, and mentalist Oz Pearlman, who was scheduled to present a show at the marquee event at the Washington Hilton.

Secret Service officials and other security personnel covered the President, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and the Second Lady Usha Vance, who were seated at the head table, and escorted them out of the ballroom.

Several guests at the dinner, including leaders across the political spectrum, journalists and other invitees, ducked under the table, apparently as a reflex reaction.

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