Donald Trump, President of the United States, imposed a ban on entry to the White House for the media CNN, MSNOW and Politico.
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The Republican leader confirmed the measure this Friday on his social networks. This blockade would have an immediate effect and, according to Trump, is the result of constant “fake news reporting.”
“The media should not be able to constantly write or report fiction and lies while covering the President of the United States, the Trump administration or the United States,” he claimed.
In that vein, he referred to the media CNN as “fake news CNN” and accused MSNOW of lacking audience and credibility. Regarding Politico, meanwhile, he mentioned a possible “corruption” linked to the previous Joe Biden administration. He also announced that other “fake news” media will follow with his measure.
This blockade, in any case, is not the first clash of the President with insults against individual journalists or media.
An example of an offensive towards a communicator is the case of Catherine Lucey, Bloomberg correspondent at the White House. When the woman tried to ask Trump in 2025 about the Epstein Files, linked to the sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein, the Republican replied “shut up. Shut up, piglet“.
Associated Press has also had restricted access for its journalists. During February of last 2025, the U.S. President determined that workers of that media could not enter the Oval Office due to the media’s refusal to use the name “Gulf of America” instead of Gulf of Mexico.
Trump has also taken legal action against the New York Times for defamation; the BBC for an alleged editing of his speech on the day of the Capitol assault; and the Wall Street Journal for defamation in an article related to the links between him and Epstein.
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