President Trump on Friday threatened to cancel press briefings and release all information from the White House in written releases after excusing a spokeswoman for giving inaccurate information during a Wednesday briefing.
“As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!” Trump tweeted, justifying White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders’ inaccurate statements in a press briefing Wednesday as being the result of his fast-moving presidency.
“Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future ‘press briefings’ and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???” Trump tweeted.
As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
Sanders told reporters on Wednesday, Trump had acted on the recommendation of his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein when deciding to fire FBI Director James Comey. She said Trump had been growing skeptical of Comey’s job performance but didn’t make the decision to fire him until Tuesday afternoon.
In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Trump contradicted those statements and said he planned to fire Comey no matter what his subordinates recommended. Reports indicate Trump decided to fire Comey over the weekend and then met with Rosenstein and Sessions on Monday about Comey.
Sanders faced a more hostile group of reporters on Thursday who asked if she had been kept in the dark about the president’s decision-making. One reporter asked why the public should believe what Sanders and White House press secretary Sean Spicer say when Trump often contradicts their public statements.
Trump reportedly loves the press briefings and makes time to watch them every day. He’s bragged to friends about the ratings the briefings given by Spicer have received on cable news.
Trump also repeated his belief that the investigations into whether there were any connections between his campaign and the Russian government are based on a Democratic excuse.
Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
The Fake Media is working overtime today!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
“Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election,” Trump tweeted before ripping the media again. “The Fake Media is working overtime today!”
When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
“When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?” Trump tweeted later on.
