The battle between President Donald Trump and the media that cover him took another turn when he departed Monday for Saudi Arabia.
Trump left with a host of press aboard Air Force One, but for the first time in decades, no one from the Associated Press, Reuters, or Bloomberg was with him. The Trump administration has been warring with the three wire services since shortly after he took office, and the latest escalation led to a statement from White House Correspondents’ Association President Eugene Daniels.
“For the first time since the White House press corps started traveling with American presidents abroad, no wire service reporter is aboard Air Force One today,” Daniels said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
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“Leaving out the wires is a
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