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Saturday night in Washington, D.C., the White House Correspondents' Dinner went on as planned, despite President Donald Trump deciding it would be a good look to be the only president since Richard Nixon to voluntarily skip it. Although, Reagan missed one in 1981, that was because he was recovering from an assassination attempt, so he gets a pass.

Considering the flames Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj was spitting at everyone in the White House and the media, it probably was a good decision by Trump, who is not known for his ability to take a joke. If Trump were to attend, he would be expected to do a set of his own. And we all remember how he sucked all of the fun and laughter out of the room at the Al Smith Dinner.

So instead, we got speeches from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the importance of journalism, and a rousing set from Minhaj that not only eviscerated the president but also pulled no punches when it came to the media. Here are the 12 best zingers from the night:

"I would say it is an honor to be here, but that would be an alternative fact—it is not. No one wanted to do this, so of course it lands in the hands of an immigrant."

"He tweets at 3 a.m. sober. Who is tweeting at 3 a.m. sober? Donald Trump, because it's 10 a.m. in Russia. Those are business hours."

"Historically, the president usually performs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but I think I speak for all of us when I say he's done far too much bombing this month."

"A lot of people think Steve Bannon is the reason Donald Trump dogwhistles to racists. And that is just not true. Ask Steve Bannon . Is Steve Bannon here? I do not see Steve Bannon. I do not see Steve Bannon. Not see Steve Bannon. Not see Steve Bannon. Not see Steve Bannon." (Say it out loud if you're not getting it.)

"Mike Pence wanted to be here tonight, but his wife won't let him because apparently, one of you ladies is ovulating."

"Even Hillary Clinton couldn't be here tonight. I mean, she could have been here, but I think someone told her this was in Michigan and Wisconsin... Nate Silver told me that joke would kill. Nate Silver told me there was a 74.1% chance of that joke killing. I believed you, Nate!"

"It finally happened: Bill O'Reilly has been fired. But then [Fox News] gave him a $25 million severance package, making it the only package he won't force a woman to touch. Now, in O'Reilly's defense, he was told by a close friend, 'When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.'"

"I know some of you are wondering, 'Hasan, how do you know so much about Fox News?' Well, as a Muslim, I like to watch Fox News for the same reason I like to play Call of Duty: Sometimes I like to turn my brain off and watch strangers insult my family and heritage."

"MSNBC is here tonight, and I'm glad you guys are here tonight. That way if I'm bombing, Brian Williams will describe it as stunning."

"CNN is here, baby. You guys have a some really weird trust issues going on with the public. I'm not going to call you fake news, but everything isn't breaking news. You can't go to DEFCON 1 just because Sanjay Gupta found a new moisturizer."

"In the age of Trump, I know that you guys have to be more perfect now than ever. Because you are how the president gets his news... So that's why you've gotta be on your A game, you've gotta be twice as good. You can't make any mistakes. Because when one of you messes up, he blames your entire group. And now you know what it feels like to be a minority."

"In four hours, [Trump] will be tweeting about how bad Nicki Minaj bombed at this dinner."

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