WASHINGTON (AP) – Political nerds, start your streaming devices. You’ve got a big Saturday night of programming ahead.
First, President Donald Trump rolls out his “complete and total exoneration” tour in battleground Wisconsin, his first campaign rally since the release of the Mueller report and an early look at his 2020 re-election strategy.
Next up is the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which strained what remained of civility between the press corps and the administration a year ago and now is designed to be a decidedly more scholarly affair.
“Boring” is how Trump describes it, one reason why he’s never attended the event as president. But the dinner is apparently interesting – and politically profitable – enough for Trump that he’s mocked it from the rally pulpit the past two years.
Here’s a look at what to watch from Trump’s rally at 8 p.m. EDT and the correspondents’ dinner at 9:30 p.m. EDT, both expected to be carried by C-SPAN: