A-list celebs spurn dinner
“How is that possible? He tweets at 3 a.m. sober. Who’s tweeting at 3 a.m. sober?”
Minhaj playfully hit the press for criticizing Trump’s penchant for playing golf. The President has hit the links 19 times since taking office.
“People in the media say that Donald Trump goes golfing too much,” Minhaj said. “Do you want to know what he’s not doing when he’s golfing? Being President. Let the man putt-putt. Every time Trump goes golfing, the headline should read, ‘Trump golfing, apocalypse delayed.’”
Minhaj also ripped several key members of the Trump administration, all of whom also declined to attend.
The comedian noted White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s combative style and recent statement downplaying the Holocaust. “How many people do you know can turn a press briefing into a full-blown Mel Gibson traffic stop?” Minhaj asked.
Minhaj said Attorney General Jeff Sessions missed the dinner because he was “doing a pre-Civil War” enactment. “On his RSVP, he wrote no,” Minhaj added, “which happens to be his second favorite N-word.”
The headliner also took aim at Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who has been accused of being a white nationalist. “Is Steve Bannon here?” Minhaj said. “I do not see Steve Bannon. Not see, Steve Bannon. Not see, Steve Bannon. Not see, Steve Bannon.”
The dinner came on the same day a “People’s Climate March” drew more than 100,000 people to Washington, including actor Leonardo DiCaprio, entrepreneur Richard Branson and former Vice President Al Gore. The rally in Washington, where temperatures soared above 90 degrees, was among more than 300 held in cities across the globe, including one outside Trump Tower on Fifth Ave. in New York.