TRUMP: Lawrence. Take a look at Lawrence. This man’s making a fortune. He by no means had it so good. He by no means had it so good.
[Jones crosses in front of the camera, giving Trump a thumbs-up sign.]
TRUMP: Lawrence, say we did an amazing job, please. Okay? Say it was unbelievable.
Trump’s directive to Jones got here on the identical day that HuffPost was faraway from the White Home press pool, breaking the longstanding observe of press entry with out authoritarian interference.
On Tuesday, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed journalists that the White Home will determine which shops get entry to the Oval Workplace and Air Drive One any more.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt departs the press briefing room on the White Home on Feb. 25, 2025.
“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” the White Home Correspondents Affiliation mentioned in an announcement. “It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president. In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.”
“We believe that any steps by the government to limit the number of wire services with access to the President threatens that principle. It also harms the spread of reliable information to people, communities, businesses and global financial markets that heavily depend on our reporting,” mentioned the assertion.
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