"The awkwardness happened Saturday night at the Alfalfa Club dinner, an invitation-only event for some 200 of the rich and powerful who gather together each year on Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday. According to The Post, it was the first time Trump addressed the club, speaking before a room whose membership includes such foes as JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (whose bank he is suing), David Rubenstein (whom he fired as head of the Kennedy Center) and Jerome H. Powell (the outgoing Fed chairman whose role he is investigating)."
"Trump began his remarks by declaring, So many people in the room I hate. Most of you I like, Trump said, before adding, Who in the hell thought this was going to happen? Trump then warned the crowd that he might cut the speech short so he could watch the invasion of Greenland, before revealing that he was just joking. We're not going to invade Greenland. We're going to buy it, Trump said, according to the report. It's never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd."
"The report continued: Trump dropped several off-color comments about his political adversaries, according to attendees. He described calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) Pocahontas in reference to her claims of Native American heritage. She was supposed to be at the dinner, he said, but couldn't find her reservation. He mentioned that Condoleezza Rice was also in the audience and said he always thought she would be the first female president. Never in a million years would I have thought Joe Biden would beat her to it, he added, suggesting that former"
President Donald Trump addressed the invitation-only Alfalfa Club dinner in Washington, D.C., speaking before roughly 200 wealthy and influential attendees, including several figures he has clashed with. Multiple jokes landed poorly and the room fell silent repeatedly. He opened by saying he hated many people in the room and asked who thought his presidency would happen. He joked about cutting his speech to watch an invasion of Greenland, then said they would buy Greenland and joked about making Canada the 51st state and Greenland the 52nd. He made off-color comments about political rivals, including Elizabeth Warren and Condoleezza Rice.
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