Media
Relocation floated; no move announcedReclassify the press problem as a floor-plan problem
Trump rejected a report about restoring the historic pool while leaving open a move for the White House press corps.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / White House Press Office
- Status
- Relocation floated; no move announced
- Due
- No relocation timetable announced
- Paying for it
- Any relocation cost undetermined; White House facilities and press operations
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe request presently contains dissatisfaction with the occupants and no destination.
I said nothing about a pool. They have me doing laps in a pool I haven't ordered, tremendously imaginative people when it concerns ME.
The denial of the pool report does not withdraw the separate relocation suggestion.
Press access remains a legal issue at any street address.
I could give them a room with excellent acoustics and they'd use it to ask the same question louder. We tried proximity, very close, practically in my House, no improvement in their manners.
I want a floor plan. No diving board.
The diving-board exclusion is the first dimensioned feature of the brief.
PUBLIC RECORD
On October 24, Trump said he might move the White House press corps while denying a report that he wanted to restore the historic indoor pool beneath its workspace. Reuters reported that an earlier idea to move news conferences had not been implemented. Separately, access for three banned outlets had been restored following a court order; the administration was still contesting that case.