US President Donald Trump said the American media was “dying to see” him make mistake, as he continued his public criticism of the press a day after the White House barred a reporter from attending one of his events.
“look at all those cameras. All those cameras, every stop I get all these cameras. This never happened to (former president Barack) Obama. This never happened to (George W.) Bush. This didn’t happen,” Trump told his supporters in Iowa yesterday, referring to the camera journalists present at the event.
“They just follow. They’re dying to see us make a little bit of a mistake,” he said.
His criticism came a day after the White House barred a CNN reporter from
attending a presidential event, arguing that it expects “everyone to be respectful of the presidency.”
The decision invited strong protests from journalists.
The White House Correspondents Association condemned the “misguided and inappropriate decision” to bar the reporter from attending a Rose Garden event after she shouted a question at Trump during an Oval Office media availability.
Today, Trump said the news media analyzes his every word. “They say, did he say thatIJ Could it have beenIJ” he said.
The news media, he said, follows him “like never before”.