Trump Calls On Only Conservative Outlets For Three Straight Press Conferences
By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 15, 2017, 1:45 PM EDT
President Donald Trump called on exclusively conservative news outlets for his third press conference in a row on Wednesday, leading CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta to comment afterward: “The fix is in.”
Over three press conferences with world leaders – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Trump called on two outlets in each, respectively: the New York Post and Fox Business; Sinclair Broadcasting-owned WJLA and the Daily Caller; and Christian Broadcasting News and Townhall.com
During the joint press conference with Abe on Feb. 10: The New York Post’s Daniel Halper asked Trump: “Thank you, Mr. President. I'm curious about yesterday's ruling in the 9th Circuit Court. Has it caused to you rethink your use of executive power and how will you respond, and will you sign new executive orders and perhaps a new travel ban?”
Fox Business’ Blake Burman asked Trump: “Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to pick up where Daniel left off, if you don't mind. You said earlier this week, and I'm quoting for you, you said “I've learned a lot in the last two weeks and terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand. But we're going to take care of it.” Based off of what you have learned, and now knowing that your executive order is at least temporarily on hold, do you still feel as confident now as you have been at any point that you and the administration will be able to protect the homeland?”
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