Donald Trump the butt of the White House Correspondents Dinner

The annual White House Correspondents Dinner is generally a good time. Over the years it's featured many comedians and generally makes fun of the issues of the time. This year one of the biggest issues seemed to be Donald Trump's possible campaign run. Donald Trump has been in the press recently for questioning President Obama's legitimacy as President of The United States. After President Obama released his long form birth certificate 'The Donald' spoke publicly and announced he was very proud of himself because he had done something no one else could get done and that he was ready to move on to discussing the bigger issues. Unfortunately, he then went on to say that he wondered why the President wasn't releasing his school and education records. That does not, to me, seem to be a real issue right now.

Some of the issues Donald Trump does seem passionate about are China, which is apparently ripping us off, and OPEC which is setting the gasoline prices. He claims that the current politicians do not understand it. Funnily enough, Trump's own clothing brand is manufactured in China. Maybe Trump should also read my article on gasoline prices (or perhaps the sources since they might be slightly more professional) which found out that OPEC uses the Wall Street oil index to set its oil prices. Would Trump crack down on speculation? I'm not sure. He's not mentioned it as far as I know though.

Donald Trump has announced that he will be announcing whether or not he shall actually run for President on the finale of his reality TV show "Celebrity Apprentice". Donald Trump seems to often mention his television show during his speeches and many are wondering whether this whole 'campaign' is not just a plug for his show. This is not the first time Donald Trump has announced he was considering running for President. Donald Trump has done this same sort of thing in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

One thing Donald Trump likes to mention is his poll numbers. They're rather high in respect to other Republican nominee possibilities but as Jon Stewart so kindly points out, this means nothing. Hilary Clinton was beating Barack Obama in 2007 and Joe Lieberman was the front runner of early polls in 2003. In this sense, high poll numbers guarantee you won't be president it seems.

At the Correspondents Dinner the President poked fun at Trump. He starts off his bit after making fun of the rest of the Republican presidential possibilities. He says he hears that Michelle Bachmann was born in Canada and that there's an odd rumor that Mitt Romney passed universal health care in Massachusets. He says "Someone should get to the bottom of that. And I know just the man to do it, Donald Trump! He's here tonight." He goes on to say that no one is prouder to put the birth certificate issue to rest so that he can finally focus on the real issues such as "Did America fake the moonlanding? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac!". The President chuckles as he starts to deliver but delivers well and even gets a smile out of the generally not smiling Trump himself. A rather funny, and telling moment, comes after. The President says "And we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience" and you hear laughter, but that wasn't the joke! Obama goes on to state the decisions on the Celebrity Apprentice keep him up at night. Watch the Donald Trump portion of the night by Obama here or, and I think it is worth it, watch the entire speech here. Whatever you may think about the President, his stand up skills are to be admired and the entire speech is rather funny (sans the end of course when he does add a few serious notes).

After the President Seth Meyers came up to deliver his routine. He rips on practically everyone and everything present but Donald Trump certainly received the brunt of it. The remarks on Trump start right about minute 12 if you do not have the time to watch the entire speech although, again, it is rather funny. Seth Meyers is a popular comedian and the best part of his routine on Trump is when he says "Donald Trump said recently he has a great relationship with the blacks, though unless the blacks are a family of white people, I bet he's mistaken." The best part of this is when they show Obama cracking up right after.Check out the whole routine on Trump, it runs a few minutes and it's funny seeing Trump not twitch a muscle the entire time. He certainly doesn't seem to amused although after dishing out as much as he has on the whole birther issue it doesn't seem like he should complain.

Interestingly enough, I think the best stuff I've heard from Trump so far comes in response to the White House Correspondents Dinner. In an interview with, of course, Fox News, he expresses how he felt about the dinner. He does not seem to be too concerned with the jokes and discusses his concerns. He claims that he feels bad that everyone is having a good time but Americans are paying for five dollar gasoline. He says Seth Meyers has a bad delivery but Obama's delivery was good. He discusses how he is leading the polls many times and how he will get China to change their ways. He claims our politicians do not understand it but he does and that he will get OPEC to lower prices as well. Again, it is interesting since his clothing line is made in China and since Wall Street is driving up oil prices, not OPEC.

So Donald, I guess you better get your act together, because whether or not you take yourself seriously it doesn't seem like too many other people do. And whether or not you run, at this point, I don't think I'll be voting for you.