Trump Avoiding Press Corps After Hawaii Nuke Alert

Trump Avoiding Press Corps After Hawaii Nuke Alert

Reprinted with permission from Shareblue.com

Donald Trump’s press office came dangerously close to putting Trump in front of reporters during a disastrous weekend, but averted that catastrophe at the last second.

While Trump avoided the press following his despicable racist rant and played golf while Hawaii endured 38 minutes of terror, White House reporters were kept away from Trump all weekend.

But after declaring a “lunch lid” following his trip back from the golf course Sunday, meaning that Trump would not be traveling again, White House reporters were abruptly mobilized for a trip back to Mar-a-Lago (pool reports via email from The White House):

Date: January 14, 2018 at 2:48:41 PM EST
Subject: Print Travel Pool #6

Despite lid, pool vans abruptly turned around at hotel. Pool vans rolling. Destination TBD.

Date: January 14, 2018 at 2:50:29 PM EST
Subject: Print Travel Pool #7 (headed to Mar-a-Lago)

Pool advised that we are headed back to Mar-a-Lago. Next movement TBD.

But after the press pool had been picked up and driven around for awhile, their return to Mar-a-Lago was just as abruptly cancelled:

Date: January 14, 2018 at 2:56:47 PM EST
Subject: Print Travel Pool #8 (plan change)

The wranglers cancelled a planned return to Mar-a-Lago. After brief drive around West Palm Beach, pool vans returned to hotel.
Lid remains in effect.

Fuller explication from White House coming shortly.

About an hour later, that explanation came. Trump had apparently invited a handful of his worshippers onto the grounds, and someone thought it would make a good photo op:

Date: January 14, 2018 at 3:57:38 PM EST
Subject: Print Travel Pool #9 (explanation)

The White House provided the following explanation for the confusion about the pool’s destination following the president’s return to Mar-a-Lago from Trump International Golf Course:

There was a miscommunication in where the pool was supposed be; the President invited bystanders from the motorcade route to Mar-a-Lago to thank them for their continued support. Someone thought it was supposed to be a pool event, but it was meant to be a quick private thank you.

That’s the inconvenient thing about a free press. If you invite them to your propaganda parties, they still get to ask questions, which is usually not a good look for Trump.

 

Advertising

Start your day with National Memo Newsletter

Know first.

The opinions that matter. Delivered to your inbox every morning

Judge In Trump Georgia Case Says Willis Can Continue Prosecution
Fani Willis , right, in Fulton County courtroom

March 15 (Reuters) - The Georgia judge overseeing Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn his election defeat in the U.S. state said that lead prosecutor Fani Willis can remain on the case, so long as she removes a deputy she had a personal relationship with.

Keep reading...Show less
Russian Witness Against Biden Received $600K From 'Trump Associates'

Alexander Smirnov, center, leaving courthouse in Las Vegas on February 20, 2024

Photo by Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal

I’ll bet you didn’t know that it is possible in this great big world of ours to live a comfortable life being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing basically nothing. Well, not nothing, exactly, but the money you get is unattached to normal stuff we are all familiar with like a job, complete with job-related duties and office hours and a W-2 and maybe even a job title. The money can thus be described by what it is not, which is aboveboard and visible. Instead, this kind of money often ends up in the kinds of accounts said to be “controlled” by you or others, which is to say, accounts which may not, and often do not, have your name on them.

Keep reading...Show less
{{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}