CNN’s Don Lemon managed to work in the idea of a presidential assassination while his guests were discussing the media-manufactured scandal over Donald Trump’s steak dinner with his family on Tuesday.

“Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter led the media outrage over Trump leaving his building unannounced to meet his family for dinner at Manhattan’s 21 Steakhouse. A reporter happened to be in the restaurant at the time and tweeted about it, before deleting the tweet.

“If you listen to the last 24 hours of coverage of ‘Steakgate,’ it seems like a lot of these reporters were upset that they were not able to get reservations at the same restaurant to find out if Mr. Trump still likes his steaks well-done,” pundit Scottie Nell Hughes said.

“That’s not what it was about,” Lemon countered.

“What if Ronald Reagan, when there was the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan’s life, part of the thing that helped was to have footage from the press there. You saw what happened to the president.”

None of the panelists, including the anti-Trump Stelter, seemed to get the link.

“All the press has talked about is this for the last 24 hours,” Hollywood Reporter columnist Michael Wolff said.

He then admonished the media for making it a kerfuffle.

“We have to stop talking about ourselves. It’s not about us and unless we learn that, we’re going to continue find ourselves in the position we found ourselves last Tuesday,” Wolff said.

“We have talked about a hundred other things in the last 24 hours,” Stelter said defensively.

“But they have talked an enormous amount about a point that only affects them,” Wolff countered.

“He made a mistake last night. He made a mistake,” Stelter declared. “His administration made a mistake. They should have brought the press with them. It was a mistake.

“They’ve made a series of mistakes for the past eight days.”

“I’ve listened to this again and again that they should have done this,” Wolff responded. “Why? What is the advantage?”