Every President has anadversarial relationship with the press.  Those past Correspondents' Dinners have hardly been a gathering of "like-minded people".....you know that.  Trump has, to my knowledge, not shown a sense of humor, especially if the "joke" is on him.  His declining to attend the Correspondents' Dinner is perfectly consistent with his ongoing attempts to deleitimate the media.  It's a bit amusing to read your attempts to blame his refusal on the media.   Gary Crum