President Obama mocked Donald Trump during his speech at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Now there are suggestions that the event encouraged Trump to run for president. According to the New York Times, "That evening of public abasement ... accelerated his ferocious efforts to gain stature within the political world." C-Span Political Editor Steve Scully, who was at the event, told IE: "It was clear that Donald Trump was not happy. He bolted for the exit before the end of the night."