Trump floats reverting White House press room to swimming pool: Report

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President Donald Trump has been weighing the possibility of returning the White House press briefing room to its original state as a swimming pool, according to a new report.

The president had floated the idea to his former press secretary Karoline Leavitt before her departure in August by telling her to remove reporters from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, according to the New York Times.

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