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    At Gridiron Dinner, Trump Trades Jabs With His 'Opposition Party'

    The ritzy event drew stars from across Washington's media firmament. But all eyes were on President Trump, who offered quips, burns — and even some news on North Korea. That is, if he wasn't joking.
    by Colin Dwyer Mar 04, 2018 5 minutes
    The Gridiron dinner, like Fight Club, has rules. Rule No. 1: "Singe, don't burn" with your roast-style jokes. Rule No. 2: No photographs, video or tweeting during the ceremony. There are a few more rules, but really, we're just trying to explain why the photograph above is a shot of Trump from last month.

    Updated at 2:15 p.m. ET

    President Trump suited up in white tie and tails for an evening of levity and charm Saturday with his cordial hosts, the journalists he has affectionately referred to as "the enemy of the American people" — and had, as recently as a few hours beforehand, described as "being mocked all over the world." The journalists organizing the event, for their part, served up skits for him and a few pointed jabs at his administration.

    All in attendance dined on a three-course meal, laid out with "Fake Menus."

    Welcome to the Gridiron Club and Foundation's 2018 spring dinner. Here, in the crowded basement ballroom of a swanky D.C. hotel, the mockery is at least kind of the point: For 133 years, journalists have invited a constellation of Washington's bright stars in media and politics to reach across whatever distances divide them for a

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