New White House press secretary roughed up in scuffle with North Korean guards: report

The Hill ^ | 06/30/19 | Justin Wise

[yesthatjallen]

Newly appointed White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was reportedly bruised in a scuffle with North Korean guards as President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Tensions escalated after the guards tried to prevent U.S. reporters from entering a room inside the Freedom House in South Korea as Trump and Kim began their meeting, according to The Guardian.

White House and foreign affairs correspondents tweeted about the encounter, saying Grisham got into a struggle with North Korean guards to ensure reporters had access to the meeting.

"New WH Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham got into a scuffle with the North Koreans to move members of the WH press pool into position to cover Trump and Kim, I’m told," CNN's Jim Acosta tweeted. "Grisham was a bit bruised. Source called it 'an all out brawl.'"

Bloomberg's Jennifer Jacobs shared a picture of Grisham's scuffle with North Korean security, adding that the scuffle resulted in "body blows."

CNN's Allie Malloy added that Grisham was seen on camera shouting "Go! Go!" as she opened a path for U.S. reporters to cover the meeting.

It remains unclear if Grisham received any significant injuries from the encounter. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

Trump on Sunday made history by becoming the first U.S. president to set foot on North Korean soil. The occasion came as Trump met with Kim to restart stalled nuclear talks.

The two met for nearly one hour at the Freedom House on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.

[yesthatjallen]

There are some twitter photos at link.

[JonPreston]

She’s fine. The news here is President Trump walking into North Korea, unarmed, in a quest for peace, and not the FakeNews media belched out by journalists, complaining about their treatment. If they really cared about reporters getting pushed and shoved they would report on the treatment of Andy Ngo at the hands of Antifa in Portland.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

I watched the whole thing I can’t blame the NK guards or any of the US and SK Security people. The Press was going absolutely nuts and the whole thing looked like one big Scrum.

[Cecily]

First Otto Warmbier, now an American woman. Psychotic scum.

[lee martell]

Poor Stephanie. Whoever is protecting her needs to do a better job. She should not have been so easy to approach and harass.

[OttawaFreeper]

Like to see how Sarah would have handled this (not taking anything away from her successor, though).

[tcrlaf]

Minor kerfuffle in the big picture.
The US Media was upset the North Korean photogs were blocking the historic shot.

Eventually, security from all three countries had to form a wall to keep the press away.

[gaijin]

WHAT A LOAD..!

ZERO blows. I saw HER give one shove, maybe a little bumping.

Trump crossing over is historic.

The lib media is groping for ANYTHING to overshadow that:

They HATE this history in the making, don’t want to focus on that.

They’re desperate.

[rintintin]

hmmm. Jim Acosta or a jack-booted totalitarian police agent, who do I root against? Decisions, decisions.... don’t rush me

[gaijin]

The primary threat to Western Civ is the US media/Hollywood.

Tree bark eaters who execute people with anti-aircraft guns..?

Uh...yeah, actualy they take a BACK SEAT to the insects I just mentioned.

Yes, it does seem crazy.

[MichaelCorleone]

Agree 100%

[mabarker1]

Trump on Sunday made history by becoming the first U.S. president to set foot on North Korean soil. The occasion came as Trump met with Kim to restart stalled nuclear talks.

The two met for nearly one hour at the Freedom House on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone

Well SOMEBODY needs to decide is President Trump in Norkland or in the South ???!!!

All of Our People better be A OK AND SAFE. PRAYERS DONE FOR President Trump and All on the trip.

[SkyDancer]

I think the DMZ is sort of a limbo area between the two; there is a demarcation line through it I’m told.

[dsrtsage]

I think a great trump ad would be to show all these great historic moments interspersed with the never ending antics of the democrats accomplishing absolutely zero with the non stop obsession of ‘peach fohtie fi. With plenty of sound clips of the lowest IQ congress critters. People need to hear their actual words

[xrmusn]

Memo....
Don’t push and shove or ‘threaten’ people whose lives depend on their ‘bosses’ well being.

Flip the scenario and picture a NORK or CHINESE or RUSSIAN etc member of the ‘other guys’ staff, pushing and shoving and ‘yelling’ at SS agents.

Sorry Ladies, ESPECIALLY if you are a woman.... in a foreign land.

Also, the way this Press Corps represents US & PDJT, who really gives a RA over them getting ‘good seats’.

Start reporting honestly and we may just go the extra mle for you.

[Skooz]

Excellent idea.

[gaijin]

THAT is Stephanie Grisham getting "beat up in an ALL-OUT BRAWL".

Yeah, THAT is the peak of the horrifying VIOLENCE.

It's totally ridiculous, I think I saw more violence in the morning rush-hour bagel line-up at Starbucks, 10 minutes ago.

They know they MUST cover Trump's crossing over, but they simply don't want to show you the amazing photos, which is what the story really is.

When the US media shows CONCERN about the physical safety of a Trump Press Secretary, that's when you ABSOLUTELY know something suspicious is going on.

How often did the US media want to kill Sarah Sanders?

Maybe every morning..?

[david1292]

You can tell the western media was definitely annoyed at this whole thing.

[gaijin]

Sorry but I can't help smooshing their faces in it:

There. That feels better.

[mabarker1]

Yes the DMZ (38^th Parallel, as We Old Folks call it😜) is a Neutral Zone. All fine and dandy, peachy keen except for the Norks would not be high on My Trusted List.