Trump boots CNN, MSNOW and Politico from White House in unprecedented purge of press corps ... and warns MORE outlets are next
- Sign up HERE for the DC Insider Newsletter - our guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Donald Trump says he has banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, citing 'fake news.' Journalists from the organizations were blindsided and claimed they had no warning before the President made the announcement on Truth Social today. Afterward in the Oval Office, Trump told NBC reporter Kelly O'Donnell that he made the decision because all the outlets were fake and their ratings were low. In Politico's case, he said, 'they have a government under Biden who gave them $8 million to keep them afloat.' It is unclear what led to his outburst online. In the Oval Office, President Trump said that there was no particular reason for the timing, only a 'cumulation of stories over the past few years' that he got 'sick of.' 'Maybe they can get better, and we'd like to have them in,' Trump remarked. 'Somebody has got to keep them away.' 'Media Outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they're covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America. Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow,' he warned in his initial Truth Social post. President Donald Trump says he has banned CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, citing 'fake news' Reporters walk near the area known as 'Pebble Beach' on the north side of the White House when the news broke that Trump plans to ban several outlets from the White House Arkansas Governor and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers a question from a reporter on whether or not she agrees with Trump's ban Trump responded to a reporter's question asking who those other outlets could be. 'The New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news. They're crummy papers. Both doing poorly, by the way,' the President said in the Oval Office. 'We're probably not going to display the paper anymore in the White House. We haven't taken the step of throwing them out,' he added. Reporters were overheard at the White House when the news broke, asking if this was a 'Trump hissy fit' or a real decision. It is unclear what this means moving forward for access. Arkansas Governor and former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answered a question from a reporter on whether or not she agrees with Trump's ban. 'Sure,' she responded. 'I think it's hard for you to argue against a free press when you're in the Oval Office asking questions of the President of the United States... the President is right to support the First Amendment. But he's also right to ask that you be honest and fair. That's not an unreasonable thing to ask,' she added. Trump has had a contentious relationship with the media for quite some time, with no outlets escaping his wrath. He has targeted the Wall Street Journal, the BBC and the New York Times. The White House ban includes CNN and their star reporter Kaitlan Collins, among other outlets the President says he is barring from the White House Trump has often sparred with the CNN reporter in the Oval Office The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It comes after President Trump's move back in February of last year to keep reporters from the AP out of White House coverage after the outlet decided not to enact his name changes for the Gulf of America. The news organization filed a lawsuit and that case is still pending. Trump has had a contentious relationship with the media for quite some time, with no outlets escaping his wrath. He has targeted the Wall Street Journal, the BBC and the New York Times. He has often sparred with CNN's Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office, saying her questions were 'dumb' and that she should 'smile more.' Right-wing influencer Nick Sortor posted on social media after the update, saying the CNN ban was a positive development because it 'was LONG overdue.' Sortor wrote: 'Kaitlan Collins in particular is EXTREMELY rude and REGULARLY interrupts President Trump in the Oval Office.' Trump's decision will likely face legal challenges from the media organizations that are involved in the White House ban. The President attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner for the first time this year and gave a speech that focused on attacking his political opponents, making jokes and taking shots at the media.