Trump says he may move White House press corps
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday he may move the White House press corps to a different location.
In a social media post, Trump dismissed a report that he planned to remove the White House press room and restore a historic swimming pool on the site, saying he had never "even thought to do such a stupid thing."
But he said he could relocate the press corps from its current position in the White House.
"I may move the Fake News to a less obnoxious location," Trump said in the post. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Trump had urged then-press secretary Karoline Leavitt in August to move news conferences out of the White House's James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, although the idea was never implemented.
According to the report, the president told aides he would rather have an indoor therapy pool that was installed at the site during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. The Nixon administration replaced the pool with the press briefing room.
Trump has regularly accused US media of unfair reporting about his administration.
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I swear there was a West Wing episode about this once.
Sam wanted to move them to the OEOB to get the pool back. 😆
Doesn't say to where. Could be an upgrade, I think I once heard that the press don't really like the room. It certainly looks cramped and awkward.