President Trump to host campaign rally on night of White House Correspondents' Dinner

Jessica Estepa | USA TODAY

President Trump will indeed be in Washington on the night of this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Washington, Mich., that is.

For the second year in a row, the president will host a campaign rally on the same night as the annual dinner. The dinner, a Washington, D.C., tradition that dates back to 1920, will take place April 28.

"While the fake news media will be celebrating themselves with the denizens of Washington society in the swamp that evening, President Trump will be in a completely different Washington, celebrating our national economic revival with patriotic Americans," Michael Glassner, the executive director of Trump's re-election campaign, said in a statement.

Glassner said Trump planned to discuss his economic policies, including deregulation and tax cuts.

The WHCA announced earlier this month that the president planned to skip this year's event.

Still, even as Glassner slammed the dinner — which, in recent years, attracted politicians, journalists and celebrities alike — Trump's own press secretary, Sarah Sanders, plans to attend and will sit at the head table, alongside the WHCA board members. Last year, White House staffers opted not to go in solidarity with the president. And Trump himself hosted a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Last month, Trump did attend the off-camera, farcical and musical dinner put on by The Gridiron Club and Foundation.