Trump jokes about Nicki Minaj twerking when told to “get down” during shooting

“After hearing the gunshots, many people yelled ‘Get down!’ which caused Nicki Minaj to start twerking. Can you believe it? She’s the only one that really understood what that meant.”

— Trump on the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. pic.twitter.com/8uFC05tQGH

— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 25, 2026

Referencing the gunman that stormed the previous dinner in April, Donald Trump made a joke about Nicki Minaj at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Waldorf Hotel in Washington, D.C. yesterday:

“After hearing the gunshots, many people yelled, ‘Get down!’ which caused Nicki Minaj to start twerking … Can you believe it? She’s the only one that really understood what that meant.”