President Trump held a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, during which he attacked immigrants, promised to build a wall on the border with Mexico and lambasted the news media. Trump held the rally instead of going to White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump: “As you may know, there’s another big gathering taking place tonight in Washington, D.C. Did you hear about it? A large group of Hollywood actors and Washington media are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation’s capital right now. They are gathered together for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner without the president.”

Trump is the first president to skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner since 1981, when President Ronald Reagan didn’t attend because he was recovering from an assassination attempt. On Sunday, the day after the dinner, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said the White House has looked into changing U.S. libel laws, which would make it easier for the government to sue media organizations over their reporting.