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.
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Hey! This isn’t the United States, boys and girls. This is Asia, and they have ZERO tolerance for the progressive liberal nonsense of the opposition media.
This is the silver lining I’d hoped would happen because of the dems disgusting soap opera display with Creepy Cohen today. It took the spotlight off the Summit, so President Trump can do his magic without our malignant and traitorous media undermining him.
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”.
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Well done, Flyer. Even the media people need a little piece now and then.
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