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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/white-house-press-corps-abruptly-ordered-out-hotel-ahead-north-n975986?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR1HCxRGdb5Z7t-NkZ2CKX-LqxiYFBRBJ6D9mvhdZ1GV3du736KttIwIj2sWhite House press corps evicted from hotel ahead of North Korea summit
The forced move was highly unusual because the White House had approved of and supported the use of the space by media who cover the president.
Feb. 25, 2019, 11:54 PM EST / Updated Feb. 26, 2019, 4:15 AM EST
By Jonathan Allen
HANOI, Vietnam The White House press corps was evicted from its workspace here Tuesday as a red carpet was rolled out at the same hotel to welcome North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his nuclear summit with President Donald Trump.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted Tuesday morning that the reporters who cover Trump would be relocated from their planned staging ground at the Melia Hotel including a 200-seat ballroom and stand-up spots for broadcast reporters to an international media center.
You must go now! This way, a Vietnamese security officer barked at members of the press corps in the hotel lobby Tuesday morning.
The forced move was highly unusual because the White House had approved of and supported the use of the space by media who cover the president.
It was not immediately clear who made the decision to boot the White House reporters: North Korea, Vietnam, the U.S. or a combination of those governments.
Kim and Trump are meeting this week for the second time in a year to discuss a possible denuclearization of North Korea.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)My understanding is that the site has had only a short time to prepare and this could be less nefarious and more of a screw up. I am sure we will get plenty of noise from the event in any case.
C_U_L8R
(45,001 posts)What a surprise.
littlemissmartypants
(22,634 posts)magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Eviction would not happen without big sneaky, stinky OK from the KGOP republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Dirty Donny.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)He's into SECRET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS skulking around, too.
Fascists of a feather are flocking together.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)Kim doesn't want any witnesses to the "comings and goings" in that hotel...
Did you see that the Russian "diplomat" KrysiliK (can't spell it) just happens to be in Hanoi now also ...same guy that Trump met with in the Oval Office after the Comey firing....
I think Trump will be played like a violin by these guys...he's waaaaayyyyy out of his league.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)KGOP republican style.
Watch out America. Skullduggery is afoot.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)The First Lady didn't make the trip....
hall pass for the Pres??????
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Neither does the idiot-in-chief or putin. In fact, trump's new privacy may provide an Epstein-ish opportunity to watch golden showers, etc. My guess is that the First Floozy stayed home.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)no comment from the press abut her absence.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)PatSeg
(47,419 posts)if we want to know what is happening in Hanoi.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)dalton99a
(81,468 posts)https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kim-jong-un-hotel-melia-hanoi/index.html
Where's Kim Jong Un staying during the summit? A tour of the Melia Hanoi
Karla Cripps, CNN Updated 26th February 2019
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)no doubt Sergey Kislyak has special instructions from el Putino for el Cretino.
Truly ...... may God bless America, now and forever.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)MrGrieves
(315 posts)Lets be clear here.... Absolutely nothing is highly unusual anymore.
EleanorR
(2,390 posts)Either could have had this done simply for the fun of it.
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Penthouse?
Trump doesn't have a clue about what he is doing. He's just trying to steal headlines from Cohen's testimony and the other impending failures.