Donald Trump is set to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner for the first time as president, where he will remind the audience of friendly and compliant reporters of his greatness. This follows a series of instances where he has refused every invitation from the White House Press Association since his first administration. He has mostly avoided the event since then-President Barack Obama rebuffed him at the 2011 dinner for promoting the "birther" conspiracy. The last time Trump attended was in 2015 as he was preparing to run for president. Despite this, the president has decided to gloat at the event and mock the press. He's sued news organizations, banned reporters, insulted them, and threatened to jail reporters for their coverage of Iran's war.