Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min · 31 segments
Major television networks halt White House pool coverage after Trump announces that he's banning journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. Jon and Tommy react to Trump and JD Vance's…
Tommy VietorHost
Jon FavreauHost
Cait ConleyGuest
Dan PfeifferHost
Trump's latest strategy to deal with the media coverage of his extremely unpopular war tariffs presidency is to simply forbid journalists from entering the White House.
On Friday, Trump announced that he is, quote, banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico for, quote, constantly reporting fake news.
By Saturday, reporters from all three outlets had their credentials confiscated and were physically turned away from the White House complex.
On Monday, the three organizations sued the administration, arguing that the government cannot revoke access to journalists just because the president doesn't like their coverage.
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox also announced that they would not supply a replacement television crew after the White House kicked CNN out of its scheduled pool rotation, which means the major television networks will not have pool coverage of the president.
J.D. Vance, when he's not telling jokes, offered an insultingly dishonest defense of Trump's move Monday morning.
only to be rebutted by Trump himself at a press conference with Zoran Mamdani later that afternoon.
you think it's appropriate for the president to be banning media outlets just because he doesn't like what they report?
Well, I take some issue with the premise.
So he's not banning media outlets.
What he's doing is saying we're not going to give you special access to the White House if you engage in what is effectively propaganda.
Sir, you talked a lot about free speech over the years.
How is it not an attack on free speech?
Now, why on God's green earth would Donald Trump be expected to give Politico special access when nobody in the media expected the Biden administration or the Obama administration to give Breitbart special access? It's about basic fairness.
If they're fake news, I really think I have an obligation not to allow them into another very special house.
This is a special house, Gracie Mansion.
Well, the White House is the most special of all houses, I have to say.
I told the president that we're going to have all of the members of the press here on the lawn, and that is something that I believe in as everyone, no matter the opinion or the critique that we engage.
Mr.
President.
It's interesting because they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me.
So I wasn't very worried about that.
Trump's latest strategy to deal with the media coverage of his extremely unpopular war tariffs presidency is to simply forbid journalists from entering the White House.
On Friday, Trump announced that he is, quote, banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico for, quote, constantly reporting fake news.
By Saturday, reporters from all three outlets had their credentials confiscated and were physically turned away from the White House complex.
On Monday, the three organizations sued the administration, arguing that the government cannot revoke access to journalists just because the president doesn't like their coverage.
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox also announced that they would not supply a replacement television crew after the White House kicked CNN out of its scheduled pool rotation, which means the major television networks will not have pool coverage of the president.
J.D. Vance, when he's not telling jokes, offered an insultingly dishonest defense of Trump's move Monday morning.
only to be rebutted by Trump himself at a press conference with Zoran Mamdani later that afternoon.
you think it's appropriate for the president to be banning media outlets just because he doesn't like what they report?
Well, I take some issue with the premise.
So he's not banning media outlets.
What he's doing is saying we're not going to give you special access to the White House if you engage in what is effectively propaganda.
Sir, you talked a lot about free speech over the years.
How is it not an attack on free speech?
Now, why on God's green earth would Donald Trump be expected to give Politico special access when nobody in the media expected the Biden administration or the Obama administration to give Breitbart special access? It's about basic fairness.
If they're fake news, I really think I have an obligation not to allow them into another very special house.
This is a special house, Gracie Mansion.
Well, the White House is the most special of all houses, I have to say.
I told the president that we're going to have all of the members of the press here on the lawn, and that is something that I believe in as everyone, no matter the opinion or the critique that we engage.
Mr.
President.
It's interesting because they said they were going to boycott me, but they never boycott me.
So I wasn't very worried about that.
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