‘Show must go on,’ Trump tells scaled-back press gala 3 months after assassination attempt

US President Donald Trump told the White House press corps at its annual gala dinner on Friday that “the show must go on,” three months after an earlier attempt was interrupted by an assassination attempt.
This time the mood was significantly different. Security was stepped up, far fewer journalists were there, the war against Iran that the mercurial president started with Israel continues and his attacks on the media have become more pronounced.
In a speech that lasted almost an hour, Trump...