Posted on 02/27/2019 10:52:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HANOI - The White House barred reporters from Reuters, the Associated Press and Bloomberg from covering a dinner between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday after two of them asked Trump questions during his initial interactions with Kim.
The three wire services are part of the White House press pool that covers U.S. presidents wherever they go.
Reporters in the pool regularly shout out questions to leaders and on Wednesday they asked Trump about the summit and the testimony in Congress of his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, in two separate opportunities known as “pool sprays.”
The reporters were later excluded from covering the dinner because of what White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said were “sensitivities over shouted questions in the previous sprays,” the Washington Post reported.
The pool was present when Trump and Kim first met and shook hands. During that short initial meeting, while cameras were rolling, Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason asked Trump what he wanted to achieve at the summit and whether he had backed away from his demand for North Korea’s denuclearization.
Trump replied “No” to the second question and gave a longer answer to the first.
AP reporter Jonathan Lemire then asked Trump if he expected to end the Korean War. Trump said: “We’ll see.”
Reporters were then escorted out of the room. Shortly thereafter they were brought back in to listen while Trump and Kim, seated this time, visited.
At the conclusion of that “pool spray,” the AP’s Lemire asked Trump if he had a reaction to Cohen’s testimony due to take place later on Wednesday. With excerpts from Cohen’s prepared remarks having already been made public, Trump scowled and shook his head.
Cohen accused Trump of being a racist, a conman and a cheat.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Fake news given the boot!
MSM would love to undermine Trump’s negotiating positions.
I heard the press was staying at the same hotel as kim and he had ‘em ALL kicked out of the hotel. lol
Lil’ Kim would have turned anti-aircraft guns on these sniveling sh#ts
Big Media’s “big guns” are over here “grilling” Michael Cohen, anyway.
He’s sitting there with an opportunity to end the Korean war, and denuclearize the peninsula...and some jackass starts screaming questions about Cohen and the ongoing coup back in the USA?
All that can do is weaken Trump’s position and help sink the talks...Which is their goal.
“Cohen accused Trump of being a racist, a conman and a cheat.”
Classic projection by cohen AND the lib media
Prior existence of boorish, rude and futile behavior is hardly a justification for its continued practice.
He’s sitting there with an opportunity to end the Korean war, and denuclearize the peninsula...and some jackass starts screaming questions about Cohen and the ongoing coup back in the USA?
All that can do is weaken Trump’s position and help sink the talks...Which is their goal.
Absolutely correct.
I’m trying to think back on how many times I can recall the msm describing a president’s “scowl.”
Trump probably didn’t want to embarrass the North Korean media by showing how poorly their propaganda pales in comparison to the west.
Exactly, plus our media isn't directly funded by the government, Kim needs to learn this.
Sometimes normal people just need a little peace and quiet so they can enjoy their meal. The “media” should have used this free time to stock up on dope and maybe have a short visit with some “business girls”.
I’ve been watching his tweets before and during this ordeal........AP reporter Jonathan Lemire wrote well before this, and with the intent to drive the news....
...”He now has four-plus hours of unscheduled time - during which he could catch up on Cohen coverage - before dinner with Kim “
So the media is trying real had to set Trump up and rile him during this vital meeting.
Good!! I wish they’d ban all cameras too. I just tried to watch two videos released by The White House via YouTube, and you couldn’t hear a damn thing that was being said because of all the camera shutters clattering. Pissed me off to no end.
Indeed they are.....and thus ‘drive’ the news they want as well as interrupt these meetings.
Following certain reporters tweets it’s easy seeing this is an effort by several reporters who are on board with. And long time ‘their’ agenda has been in the works to derail and influence these meetings.
It is correct saying the media is the enemy of this nation....they indeed are.
Oh no!!! Too bad, so sad!
“Cohen accused Trump of being a racist, a conman and a cheat.”
And this is relevant to this story, why?
Reuters is fake news and this is proof.
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