By Mashable | Created at 2026-07-28 09:56:04 | Updated at 2026-08-04 19:25:49
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"You could both hear a pin drop and see people who looked like they'd just sat on a pin."
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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
on July 28, 2026
Donald Trump may not have got many laughs during his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech, but he did provide the late night hosts with a good amount of material.
Jon Stewart already had a wonderful time breaking the event down on The Daily Show, and in the clip above Seth Meyers has just as much fun — drawing attention to the long, empty silence that met Trump waffling about his controversial $400 million White House ballroom.
"Oh my God, that room is so quiet," says Meyers. "Is the audience sitting behind four-inch glass? Until they showed a shot of the crowd I just assumed everybody had left to go take a closer look at the ballroom. You could both hear a pin drop and see people who looked like they'd just sat on a pin."
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Sam Haysom is the General Assignment Editor, UK, for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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