Are we spoiled by the media attention and how overly accessible past POTUS’ have been to the Press or is this WH finally trying to control the message by putting limits on the Press and have them chasing their tails – PB/TK
U.S. reporters rely on other countries for information about Trump – By / July 20 2017
When news broke that President Trump had chatted with Russia President Vladimir Putin in a previously undisclosed meeting for an hour at the G-20 summit in Germany, it was another reminder that much of the information about the president’s whereabouts and policymaking comes from sources outside the White House.
The scant details of the unusual meeting between the leaders of two traditionally adversarial nations were reported by Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group. He talked about the Trump-Putin tete a tete during an appearance on “The Charlie Rose Show.” The meeting had not been mentioned by the White House press office, senior administration officials, or Mr. Trump himself.
The White House said it wasn’t trying to keep the meeting under wraps, though, and later released a background statement saying the “insinuation that the White House has tried to ‘hide’ a second meeting is false, malicious, and absurd.”
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