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white house press secretary Caroline Levitt Promise the president will “shoot” Donald TrumpWhite House Correspondents Dinner Speech Minutes Ago Real gunfire breaks out at the party.
“(Trump) is ready to yell,” Levitt, 28, told Fox News on the red carpet at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25. “I’m telling you, tonight’s speech is going to be a classic Donald J. Trump speech.”
She then declared, “(The speech) is going to be fun. It’s going to be fun. There’s going to be some gunshots going off in the room tonight.”
Leavitt, who became pregnant, soon evacuated from the Washington Hilton ballroom with first lady Donald Trump, 79 Melania Trump They and other government officials clashed when gunfire erupted near the venue’s “master magnetometer,” according to the Secret Service.
President Donald Trump praised first lady Melania Trump’s response to the shootings at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump, 79, told reporters at the White House on Saturday, April 25: “I want to thank the first lady, this has been a pretty traumatic experience for her. We are not going to let anyone take over our society, (…)
Law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C., confirmed that a 31-year-old man from California was arrested in the shooting and charged with two counts of using a firearm and one count of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. (The suspect’s motive and condition remain unknown.)
A Secret Service agent was shot and killed in the exchange of gunfire. The president later confirmed at a press conference that the injured agent was recovering in the hospital.
“The vest did its job. I just spoke to the officer and he did a great job,” he told reporters.
Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was supposed to be a temporary farewell for Levitt as she Expecting to give birth to second child soon. (Levitt and her husband, Nicolas Riccioand a son Niko, born in July 2024. )
“This will probably be my last reunion for a while,” she told reporters on Friday, April 24. “As you can see, I’m always ready to have a baby, so I’ll see you soon.”
Caroline Levitt listens to U.S. President Donald Trump’s press conference.
Getty Images/Kent West Village/AFPShe added, “I know you will be in good hands with my team at the White House. I know all of you have the President’s personal phone number, so I have no doubt that you will not be short of statements and news from this building while I am gone.”
However, after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Leavitt unexpectedly returned to work. Confirm in person Trump plans to hold a news conference late Saturday night.
Trump said in his speech He was ‘honored to be targeted’ Despite his many attempts on life over the past few years. (Trump survived being shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024. In September 2024, another suspected shooter was arrested at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.)
Angela Weiss/AFP Ivanka Trump recalled how she learned the news that her father, President Donald Trump, had been shot in the ear during an assassination attempt in July 2024. Trump, 79, survived a shooting on July 13, 2024, at an open-air rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, while campaigning for re-election as president. this(…)
“When you look at our great president, you see, this doesn’t happen to people who do nothing,” Trump said.
Turning Point USA CEO included among star-studded guest list at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Erica Kirkwhose late husband, the conservative activist Charlie KirkHe was shot to death in September 2025 at the age of 31. CNN reported that She was seen crying After the shooting, she told aides she “just wanted to leave.”