WASHINGTON, United States, April 26, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump said the Washington hotel hosting Saturday's White House correspondents' dinner -- where a would-be assassin exchanged gunfire with security agents -- was "not a particularly secure" facility.

"We looked at all of the conditions that took place tonight, and I will say, you know, it's not a particularly secure building," Trump said of the Washington Hilton hotel that has hosted major political events since it opened in 1965.