Trump says he may move White House press corps to new location

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Casa Branca restaura acesso da CNN, MS NOW e Politico após horas de caos.

In a social media post on Friday, Trump described reports that he planned to remove the White House press briefing room in favour of restoring a historic swimming pool located underneath as “Fake News”.

Trump, no entanto, indicou que pode realocar dezenas de repórteres que cobrem a Casa Branca “para um local menos incômodo”.

O New York Times, na terça-feira, relatou que Trump havia apresentado à sua ex‑secretária de imprensa, Karoline Leavitt, uma ideia de mover jornalistas para fora do histórico James S.

Brady Press Briefing Room. That proposal did not move forward during Leavitt’s tenure, which ended on August 27.

Trump’s remarks come amid a fractious moment between him and the journalists who cover him.

No mês passado, Trump proibiu jornalistas de três veículos de mídia com sede nos EUA – CNN, MS NOW e POLITICO – de entrar na Casa Branca, uma medida que defensores da liberdade de expressão disseram violar as proteções da Primeira Emenda.

A US federal judge ruled that the order was likely unconstitutional, forcing the White House to restore the journalists’ access. The Trump administration continues to fight the ruling.

Trump has also regularly chided and denigrated members of the media he claims cover him unfairly.

The latest incident was during an Oval Office event on Tuesday when Trump attacked The Independent’s White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg.

Se Trump optar por prosseguir com mudanças na sala de briefing da imprensa da Casa Branca, seria a mais recente em uma longa lista de projetos controversos que ele ordenou e que transformariam a propriedade.

Since returning to power last year, the US president has demolished the White House East Wing to construct a new ballroom, installed concrete pavers over the lawn centred in the White House Rose Garden and built a helipad on the South Lawn.

The Times reported Trump told aides he wanted to bring back a West Wing indoor pool constructed in 1933 for use by President Franklin D Roosevelt, who suffered from polio and often swam, according to his presidential library, to ease soreness.

Na década de 1970, o ex‑presidente Richard Nixon fez construir um piso sobre a piscina para acomodar uma sala de briefing para o crescente corpo de imprensa da Casa Branca.

A piscina permanece abaixo do piso da sala de briefing.

Leavitt confirmed during a Friday interview that Trump was “flirting” with the idea of restoring the pool.

A Casa Branca não retornou imediatamente o pedido de comentário da Al Jazeera.

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