"We're going to be asking the press to leave. That way, we're going to talk very candidly and take questionsThank you very much for being here. It's a great honor. And the media thank you, you can leave now."
".@POTUS invited the Fake News into his meeting with Governors then immediately kicked them out: "You can leave now." Didn't stop them from asking stupid questions though."
"I spent seven years as a White House correspondent for CNN. I don't remember a time when the White House officially opens up a meeting like this to the news media, invites reporters, camera crews to come in, but then the president of the United States goes ahead and kicks them all out. How extraordinary is this?"
President Trump asked the press to leave a bipartisan annual White House meeting with governors so officials could speak candidly and take questions behind closed doors. Some reporters attempted to ask questions but were ushered out by the White House communications team, which repeated a signal phrase indicating media access had ended. The White House Rapid Response account posted a message criticizing the press as "Fake News" and saying they were invited then kicked out. CNN commentators noted the move as extraordinary, and a correspondent suggested the president may have wanted to keep disagreements with governors private.
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