Now watch as the idiot dissolves the traditional press access mechanisms entirely and creates a new one with only outlets he is friends with (or outright controls....)
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This is exactly what I thought might happen next.
Didn't he already do that with the Pentagon press access by banning all legitimate and semi-legitimate news orgs and only allowing his fringe propaganda media that signed pledges to only say nice things about him?
And then he'll complain that he isn't on TV more.
I think that’s the only saving grace. He wants so badly to be seen that them pulling coverage gives the media more leverage than he was thinking.
Instead, I see him trying to threaten them via the FCC stating that they’ll pull their licenses unless they give the government (read: him) air time.
And he just announced it.
Oh thank fuck it was the "media pool"
For a horrible, awful moment I was thinking they had been broadcasting video of Trump in a swimsuit, and nobody should have to see that.
Could have been the reflecting pool, 24 hour coverage to catch the perp ~~orange~~ melty and slightly purple handed
Oh press pool.
I thought he was making it illegal to film the reflecting pond.