None of the guests expected that: Arnold Schwarzenegger and his former “Twins” co-star Danny DeVito surprisingly opened US President Joe Biden’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner together.
The old friends appeared in a pre-recorded video, along with Schwarzenegger’s pony and donkey.
DeVito suddenly there
In the video with which Arnold Schwarzenegger greeted guests at the traditional White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, he especially praised the efforts of the press to bring the truth to light. Without journalists, he would never have become what he would be, even if he was often annoyed by various questions.
At the end of his speech, his “twin” Danny DeDevito suddenly appeared, rarely seen in public, as shown in the Twitter video.
“That’s the finger, ouch!”
“I’m very proud of you all. And not just me, but Lulu and Whiskey and my twin brother Danny DeVito, we’re all proud of you,” Schwarzenegger said at the time, as DeVito beside him fed the animals treats while pinching his finger became.
“I come here and get bitten by a horse. That’s the finger, ouch!” joked the 78-year-old.
Press pillar of society
US President Joe Biden later spoke vehemently for press freedom at the Washington Press Corps gala dinner.
A free press is the pillar of a free society, not its enemy, Biden said Saturday night, referring to his predecessor Donald Trump, who repeatedly described journalists as “enemies of the people”.
This year’s press gala focused on journalists who have been wrongly imprisoned for doing their jobs, such as Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who is in prison in Russia.
Countless journalists and celebrities
But the gala, which was attended by numerous journalists from the capital, as well as stars such as John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, is also traditionally an opportunity to make fun of the president.
Biden started it himself. Based on his age, the president told the approximately 2,600 guests that he liked the First Amendment to the Constitution, which enshrines freedom of the press, not just because James Madison, who wrote the clause in the 18th century be a good friend of his.
Wipe by age
Even the keynote speaker of the evening, comedian Roy Wood, couldn’t resist doing a dig at Biden’s age. In France, people are demonstrating against raising the retirement age to 64, and in the US, an 80-year-old is begging to work another four years, Wood said, referring to Biden’s announced decision to run for a second term. Tuesday. Biden himself also had to laugh about it.
Overall, however, this year was more severe than in some previous years. The truth is buried by lies and the lies live on as truth, Biden said, likely also in reference to the claim made by Trump and many of his supporters and repeatedly refuted that the result of the 2020 presidential election was rigged. This fuels hatred and anger and endangers democracy, Biden warned.
Source: Krone
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