US President Donald Trump has made the media responsible for the fact that its speaker held hardly any press conferences. “The reason that Sarah Sanders not more often goes to the “Podium”, is that the press reports so rude and inaccurate about it,” wrote Trump on Tuesday on Twitter. He had told Sanders that she could save the trouble – the messages would be disseminated anyway. Most of the media would already reports never fair on him – “therefore, the expression of Fake News”.
Trump accuses the media that disseminate critical of him and his policy reports on a regular basis, “Fake News”. He abused these media as “enemies of the people”. Sanders was last updated on January 18. December questions from the media. On 3. January had been invited to a press briefing to the White house, but only “to a very special guest” announced Trump, who spoke to reporters, but no questions will be accepted.
The Association of White-House-correspondents (WHCA) criticized trump’s Remarks on Tuesday. WHCA President Oliver Knox spoke of a “retreat from transparency and accountability” that was a terrible precedent.
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U.S. President journalists threatens to Trump calls for “respect” for the White house
Christoph von Marschall
White-House-correspondents regularly complain that Trump spokeswoman Sanders keeps only rare press conferences. Under former President several Briefings per week were common, now weeks pass without a Briefing. However, Trump himself more frequently in the media, albeit in a rather unusual manner: in the margins of Cabinet meetings or in front of the entrance to the presidential helicopter. Then he often takes questions. (dpa)
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