Trump floats canceling White House press briefings

[mystery-ak]

Trump floats canceling White House press briefings
By Max Greenwood - 05/12/17 08:17 AM EDT

President Trump defended on Friday morning the slew of contradictions in the White House's account of FBI Director James Comey's firing, suggesting he might cancel "all future 'press briefings'" in the name of accuracy.

"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.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333079-trump-floats-cancelling-white-house-press-briefings

[geronl]

or he could stop saying stupid things

[Suppressed]

or he could stop saying stupid things

Let's be realistic and consider the possible.

[Wingnut]

Let's be realistic and consider the possible.

Okay. Now knock that off!  Damn coffee is everywhere...

[edpc]

"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.

Sigh.......the multi-dimensional chess again.  He's wandering the WH, looking for the library from Interstellar.

[Jazzhead]

Before cancelling the press briefings, President Trump should try cancelling the tweets. 

But as Suppressed suggests,  let's not get all hung up on the impossible.   

Perhaps the solution is to make clear that the press briefings are limited to actions taken by the Administration,  not Trump's tweets.   That is, make clear that the tweets represent personal thoughts of the man, and not statements of the President with any official ramifications.   Let Trump and Trump alone answer for his tweets, not his press secretary. 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

 

[DCPatriot]

Before cancelling the press briefings, President Trump should try cancelling the tweets. 

But as Suppressed suggests,  let's not get all hung up on the impossible.   

Perhaps the solution is to make clear that the press briefings are limited to actions taken by the Administration,  not Trump's tweets.   That is, make clear that the tweets represent personal thoughts of the man, and not statements of the President with any official ramifications.   Let Trump and Trump alone answer for his tweets, not his press secretary.

That's right.

The standard response from the podium, regarding his tweets, should be:  "I don't know.....why not ask him yourself when you get the opportunity?"

[Frank Cannon]

Fire Spicer. Hire Gary Busey. Problem solved.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Fire Spicer. Hire Gary Busey. Problem solved.

Now that I can agree with you on.

[bolobaby]

Actually, I would support getting rid of daily press briefings. Instead, the White House could release official statements, or notes, whenever necessary.

These press briefings are boorish. The press only asks questions that support the narrative they want. They interrupt and are rude. They don't accept answers they don't like. They turn the whole thing into a soundbite show by taking responses out of context.

This has been going on for decades. Time to end the show. Freedom of the press doesn't mean playing their game every day.

[rangerrebew]

Trump Suggests Canceling Press Briefings ‘For The Sake Of Accuracy’

Posted By Kaitlan Collins On 8:28 AM 05/12/2017 

Just hours after Donald Trump contradicted previous White House explanations for why he fired FBI Director James Comey, he suggested canceling press briefings “for the sake of accuracy.”

In a series of tweets Friday, the president said “it is not possible” for his communications team “to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!” He floated the idea of handing out pre-written statements to reporters instead.
 

Article printed from The Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com

URL to article: http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/12/trump-suggests-canceling-press-briefings-for-the-sake-of-accuracy/

[cato potatoe]

A moratorium would be a convenient time for him to dump Spicey, and bring in Jabba the Huck.

[rangerrebew]

  Don't you know the press corps(e) has a severe case of diarrhea about this and need to order extra boxes of Depends!! :finger:

[Rivergirl]

Cause NO ONE can keep up with his lies.

[Idiot]

or he could stop saying stupid things

Ain't gonna happen..........

[Rivergirl]

Let's be realistic and consider the possible.

Actually, be realistic and start telling the truth.

[Night Hides Not]

Actually, be realistic and start telling the truth.

 

[Idiot]

Cause NO ONE can keep up with his lies.

It's the truth to him.  I seriously don't think he knows he's lying....it's just who he is.  Similar to Bill Clinton.......

[Cripplecreek]

Cause NO ONE can keep up with his lies.

That's about the size of it.

[Right_in_Virginia]

If the WH press corps has questions ... submit them in writing and receive the answers in kind.  Problem solved.

Nowhere is it cast in stone that any White House has to give the press corps a world stage for their tantrums.

[Emjay]

Okay. Now knock that off!  Damn coffee is everywhere...

I haven't had any coffee yet but Trump's tweets are way embarrassing and somewhat informing... and that, in itself, is a little scary.

[Emjay]

Actually, I would support getting rid of daily press briefings. Instead, the White House could release official statements, or notes, whenever necessary.

These press briefings are boorish. The press only asks questions that support the narrative they want. They interrupt and are rude. They don't accept answers they don't like. They turn the whole thing into a soundbite show by taking responses out of context.

This has been going on for decades. Time to end the show. Freedom of the press doesn't mean playing their game every day.

Actually, I agree with you now that I think about it.

[geronl]

But Trump would then contradict the official statements

[Emjay]

But Trump would then contradict the official statements

Not if he made them himself and then not until the next day.