White House Dinner Chaos: Steak & Lobster to Shelters

0:00On April 28, Saturday night at the White House correspondence dinner in Washington, gunshots rang out right after folks dug into the Salah course, halting service on 2,600 plates of prime stake in Maine lobster. A gunman hit a secret service checkpoint outside the Hilton ballroom, sending everyone scrambling under tables while President Trump, Melania, Vice. President Bans and top officials got rushed to safety. The show didn't go on despite Trump's push for it. In President Waijia Jean came back to the mic after shelter in place, explaining security protocols forced to stop and announced the late. Briefing at the White House, that left the fancy entrees and grand opera cake dessert stone, cold and untouched. Attendees reacted fast, some even snag left over wine bottles, with one clip blowing up on mine. Tickets ran $480 a seat, or $4,800 for a table of 10, funding journalism scholarships for students there. The chaos hit hard for the black-tie crowd of reporters and insiders.

1:03Turns out the hotel donated most leftovers to local groups, frees dried the stake in lobster for women's and kids' shelters, and composted extra. Produced for farms, Washingtonian magazine broke that detail first, highlighting how the feast fueled community good instead. Trump marked his first dinner as Commander-in-Chief by calling for a redo in the next 30 days, bigger, better, maybe in his White House ballroom. Once legal snags clear-keeping the spotlight on that interrupted night alive.