Trump’s briefing room takeover reflects the evolution of White House clashes with press

While all presidents tussle with the press, President Donald Trump has taken things to another level at the beginning of his second term.

Trump, still in his first 100 days in office, has kicked the historic Associated Press out of the Oval Office and off of Air Force One, seized control of the White House press pool rotation to bring in friendly outlets, and now may take over coveted seating assignments in the Brady Press Briefing Room.

All three moves generated howls of outrage from the White House Correspondents’ Association, an 800-member group that previously self-policed access.

“The White House should abandon this wrong-headed effort and show the American people they’re not afraid to explain their policies and field questions from an independent media free from

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