Scary yes. But the penny is beginning to drop amongst some of his followers. Shep Smith of Fox News went on air Friday to protest against the exclusion of CNN and other news organisations from the WH Briefing.
Re the WH Correspondants Dinner, many of the most high profile news organisations had said they would not attend( this event is not open to exclusion, like a briefing). By stating he will not attend, DT is saving himself the embarassment of facing a half-empty event. Even with his mega-ego, this would be hard to "re-interpret"( remember the palaver about crowds at the inauguration?).