Trump Blasts Reporter Complaining About Media Ban: 'Be Quiet'
Trump escalated his fight with reporters as CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from White House grounds and CNN was left off Air Force One.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump told a female reporter to be "quiet" during a tense exchange outside the White House before departing for a college football game in Tennessee.
- This confrontation follows last week's attempt to ban CNN, NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds, which a judge Trump appointed temporarily blocked.
- Trump mocked NOW as "MSDNC" to jab at their progressive lean and told the reporter, "No, I want real news, not fake news like you."
- CNN was not invited to join Trump on Air Force One on Saturday, marking the latest escalation in his ongoing battle with the press.
- When questioned if he only wants supportive outlets present, Trump dismissed the inquiry while pointing at the reporter and insisting he refuses to engage with "fake news.
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U.S. President Donald Trump told a journalist to "shut up," after she asked him if he wanted to be accompanied in travel only by the publications that support him. A day after the White House banned CNN from travelling on board the Air Force One aircraft to ensure the televised transmission of the President's trip...
Trump asked a female reporter to be quiet when asked about press freedom at the White House.
A day after the White House prevented CNN from travelling aboard Air Force One to secure the common TV images ('pool') from moving to Tennessee, Donald Trump reiterated his criticisms of the post and of another television station, MS Now, which he tried to deny access to because of the reports about him, which he considered to be overly negative.
U.S. President Donald Trump sent on Saturday (26) journalist Akayla Gardner "be quiet" after she questioned the reasons why vehicles were banned from the White House. On leaving the official residence, the correspondent of the MS Now channel asked Trump: Initial plugin text — Do you only want vehicles that support you as part of the press group? —, what he promptly denied, saying he likes the "free press", but then justified the decision. — No, …
US President Donald Trump said "Shut up" to Ms Now's correspondent at the White House, Akayla Gardner, after the journalist had pressured him on the White House's decision to prevent CNN from traveling on board the Air Force One (ANSA)
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