The shots that echoed
“He is ready to rumble,” declared Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, on the red carpet outside the Washington Hilton on April 25th. “This speech tonight will be classic Donald J. Trump. It will be funny. It will be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight.” The remark, offered in a cheerful preview to a Fox News correspondent, was meant as light-hearted anticipation of presidential zingers aimed at the assembled press. By the end of the evening, it had taken on a rather different cast. The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is one of Washington’s more durable rituals:…