FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters, watched by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Footage from the White House Correspondents' Dinner shows clashing and officers yelling "get down!" before President Trump was evacuated.
Host Oz Pearlman is shown holding up a card to Melania Trump when the sound of plates breaking begins. Faces turn serious at Trump's head table, and although music continues, security officers rush in and tell people to get down. Security officers in tuxedos also rush in to whisk the president away quickly.
The guests at the head table quickly start to leave. Although people look around, nothing is shown as the source of the chaos. Most of the guests stay seated, however, they don't seem to know what's going on.
Chaotic footage of President Trump being evacuated pic.twitter.com/KzageVO0h0
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