Trump throws tantrum at Truth Social again over media coverage after replacing CNN with LindellTV
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President Donald Trump criticized his media coverage again Saturday morning after a federal judge ordered him to immediately lift the White House’s ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
In two early morning posts on Truth Social, Trump questioned why journalists should have access to the “very sacred” White House. The messages came shortly after his administration banned CNN from Air Force One on Saturday and replaced the outlet with LindellTV for its trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, to watch a college football game.
“Why should FAKE NEWS authors, like CNN and MSDNC, have access to a very sacred place, the White House? » asked Trump. “Despite my big election victory, almost 100% of the media coverage of “TRUMP” is negative, and has been for years!
Less than two hours later, Trump intensified his criticism.
“FAKE NEWS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE!!! THIS HAS LONGED FOR FAR TOO LONG, AT A HUGE COST TO OUR COUNTRY,” he wrote.
The latest clash with the media began on September 18, when Trump abruptly announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House. The ban reportedly came hours after his assistant Natalie Harp showed him videos of unflattering media coverage.
“The media should not be able to constantly write or report FICTIONS and LIES when covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America,” he wrote on Truth Social. “More fake news outlets to follow.”
The next morning, CNN, MS NOW and Politico all said their reporters had been blocked from accessing the White House grounds, with some reporters saying they had been asked to hand over their badges.
On September 21, media outlets filed a lawsuit against Trump and several of his top aides, arguing that the ban violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, as well as the First Amendment, and calling for the reinstatement of press passes.
“This ban could not be a more direct attack on the First Amendment nor a more egregious violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” the lawsuit says.
The Justice Department argued that Trump had the authority to ban these media outlets for “national security” reasons, saying “access to the White House is a privilege, not a right.”
On September 24, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate media outlets’ press badges. That afternoon, journalists again had access to the White House.
Yet on September 25, the White House announced that CNN would not be allowed to broadcast on Air Force One when Trump flies Saturday to Knoxville, Tennessee, for a college football game, the network reported.
CNN is part of a rotating news pool that covers White House events for major television networks.
Instead, the White House listed LindellTV, a conservative online video platform founded by Trump ally Mike Lindell, on the Saturday Air Force One schedule. Real America’s Voice also made the list.
“I like a free and open press,” Trump told reporters Saturday morning before leaving the White House aboard Marine One.
“What I don’t like is fake news, and it’s 100 percent fake news,” he said, referring to the three media outlets he has banned. “In two years, I doubt they’ve written a good story.”
Trump has long had an extremely combative relationship with the press, accusing journalists of unfair and biased coverage, hurling personal insults at them and insinuating that those he opposes should be punished.
The president previously blocked The Associated Press from accessing certain presidential spaces in 2025 after the outlet continued to use the “Gulf of Mexico” despite Trump renaming it the “Gulf of America.” In 2018, Trump also revoked the press card of CNN journalist Jim Acosta following a controversial press conference.
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