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Because it makes the administration look as if it has something to hide. I'm telling you, the whole "press as mortal enemy" approach is going to come back to bite Trump. If the White House restricts the flow of information, the press will double-down on digging up whatever will earn them viewers, and they're going to look to Trump rather than the issues. You may think that it's a Twitter world, but a good part of this country still gets its news from tradition media and is influenced accordingly. Trump really does not want to alienate the White House press corps. He needs to extend an olive branch, and the sooner the better.
Most people have seen through this charade of an un-biased press and is 1 reason why so many Americans vote for him.
The press corp is the eyes and ears of the American Citizens. If they aren't able to access the president, how do we know what is going on? Are we to get reports only from Trump's people and just trust them that it's true ? This would be pure propoganda. Kind of like the blank sheets of paper that were inside the blank manilla folders at the press conference. It's a facade and the citizens are left in the dark trying to guess what is going on.
"If they aren't able to access the president,"
WOW, some of you are dense and exaggerate to the nth degree!
The issue is they might move then across the street NOT ban then altogether.
Mike Pence and Rance Priebus were on TV today saying it would be way better to remove the White House press corps from the White House and relocate them across the street to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
This shouldnt be a surprise though. Donald Trump has demonstrated contempt for any press coverage he dislikes, openly attacking reporters in press conferences.
The destruction of our democracy marches on.
I'm all for removal of these liars- they brought this upon themselves, and don't want to be held accountable.
No, that's really not the case. Donald Trump won the election fair and square, but it was not a Reagan-style sweep of the American electorate. A lot of people distrust Mr. Trump, and he has extremely poor approval ratings as he enters office. He needs to be conciliatory toward the press and to use them to build support for his administration's goals. To be anything but is to invite trouble. A lot of trouble.
" A lot of people distrust Mr. Trump"
And they DISTRUST the press EVEN MORE!
Have even read any of the stories they have printed in the last year about Trump?
The MSM does nothing but try and portray Trump as a racist, sexist, despot, even though what the media is saying turns out to either be lies or twisting the truth into being something completely different than what he was actually saying or doing. Leftists would have no problem if this was Clinton or Obama kicking the media out of the white house. The only reason they're complaining about it is because Trump is the one saying the media should be removed from the white house.
I do understand that. I also understand that this move looks like retaliation, and it's a dangerous game to play with the press.
Did you even BOTHER to read the article in post #44 about 4 post before yours?
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