President Donald Trump was snubbed at the Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington, D.C., breaking with 140 years of tradition by refusing to pancakes the president in office.
Judy Woodruff, the chairman of Gridiron, apparently raised her glass on Saturday evening but deviated from the usual toasting ceremony to the current president.
Sean Spicer, a former White House hit director, described this action as “elitist.”
This is how despised by the DC elitest press is Trump.
For the first time in the Gridiron Club Dinner’s 140-year past, attendees did not offer the standard toast to the current U.S. leader.
— Sean Spicer ( @seanspicer ) March 16, 2025
According to Spicer,” this is how hateful the D.C. elite media is of Trump.”
For the first time in the Gridiron Club Dinner’s 140-year past, attendees did not offer the standard toast to the current U.S. leader, Spicer continued.
Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other members of the Trump presidency collectively snubbed the occasion by rescinding their invitations.
Joe diGenova, a previous Gridiron Club Dinner representative for more than 20 years, advised Trump to abstain from playing the U.S. Marine Corps circle at the event.
Bottom line: By its actions on Saturday nights, Gridiron disgraced itself, no President Trump. Former U.S. counsel for the District of Columbia, diGenova, described it as “utterly disgraceful” in a television interview on Monday.
