analysis The post-Correspondents' Dinner goodwill tour was short-lived — and the press corps should've known better Published April 29, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes) It took less than 48 hours for Donald Trump to revert to form after his much-praised pivot to unity following an apparent assassination attempt during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. The shift served as a reminder to anyone credulous enough to have been taken in by his performance that the leopard does not change its spots. Through attrition and capitulation, the bar has been set so low for Trump by the media that the president not blaming the people who were nearly shot was somehow praiseworthy.  On Saturday night, Trump stood before reporters in the White House’s Brady Briefing Room after an armed 31-year-old man from Torrance, California, was stopped by the Secret Service trying to storm the Washington Hilton in what appears to be an attempted attack on Trump and his gathered Cabinet.…