WATCH: Ex-Fox News commentator’s remark about Trump hours before assassination attempt does not age well

S.E. Cupp a former Fox News commentator who now works for CNN, made a stunning statement about President Donald Trump just hours before Saturday night’s assassination attempt, claiming the the commander in chief wants journalists “dead.”

Curtis Houck, the managing editor of Newsbusters, shared a clip of Cupp discussing Trump’s presence at the White House Correspondents Dinner, calling her “chronically miserable and stricken with TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome).

Cupp said the White House Correspondents Association: “They made it real easy for [Trump] to attend. And I, you know, glad to see everyone’s in great spirits. And this is a party. I’m real bummed. Real bummed about tonight. because here’s what’s happening tonight.

“Journalism is throwing a party. Journalism is celebrating journalism at this party. Journalism, for some reason, invited Brendan Carr, FCC chair, who is threatening to revoke the licenses of broadcast networks. Pete Hegseth, who removed journalists from the Pentagon, and Donald Trump, who attacks us on the regular.

“Now, they’re giving Donald Trump a speaking position to roast us to our faces for an hour. And he doesn’t have to stay for the part where we celebrate journalism and give out awards to journalists and talk about the importance of free speech.

“And here’s the kicker: we broadcast it on national TV. He could not have planned this scenario better. And guess what? He didn’t. We did. Journalism planned this scenario for Donald Trump.

“So, if I’m Donald Trump, of course, I come under these conditions. And you just heard Brian Stelter say that the correspondents association was trying to sort of mend some fences with a guy who wants us dead, figuratively, figuratively. He wants journalism dead. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I don’t think this is a great night for journalism. It’s a night that’s meant to be celebrating it, but I think it’s a real bummer.”

WATCH:

CNN’s SE Cupp, chronically miserable and stricken with TDS, on the #WHCD, says “Trump wants us dead, figuratively”…

“[The @WHCA] made it real easy for him to attend. And I, you know, glad to see everyone’s in great spirits. And this is a party. I’m real bummed. Real bummed… pic.twitter.com/nxlrJnJQlb

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 26, 2026

Meanwhile, as WordNetDaily reported Saturday, in a haunting moment of jocularity before the dinner commenced, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt actually mentioned “shots” would be fired at the event.

JUST NOW: Karoline Leavitt calls on everyone to watch tonight because Donald Trump will bring the heat and there will be “shots fired”

LET’S FREAKING GO pic.twitter.com/GMkccJ7qvw

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) April 25, 2026

“This speech tonight will be classic Donald J. Trump. It’ll be funny. It’ll be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” she said.

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