Donald Trump may ban mainstream media journalists from White House briefing, claims son Trump Jr

“I wonder now, as your father is assembling his team, as maybe (the incoming White House press secretary) Karoline Leavitt is looking at the new press briefing room chart, maybe it’s time to reorder that chart and maybe take away some people’s seats,” said Knowles according to The Independent.

BREAKING: @DonaldJTrumpJr tells @michaeljknowles his dad may remove MSM from the WH press room

“We had the conversation about opening up the press room to a lot of these independent journalists…why not open it up to people who have larger viewerships, stronger followings?” pic.twitter.com/zkJopt0rB5

— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 26, 2024

Trump Jr claimed that he was breaking the news over that point and said “Because I literally had this conversation…I was on the plane with my father. And we were talking about the podcast world and some of our friends and Rogan and guys like you. We had the conversation about opening up the press room to a lot of these independent journalists.”

Donald Trump has been vocal against the coverage by mainstream media and outlets over coverage that is critical to him. Trump had recently filed a suit against CBS News demanding $10 billion in damages over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Has to happen. We are the media now. https://t.co/vDqbyeuSho

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 27, 2024

The president-elect has also been known to have banned journalists in the past as CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta was stripped off his White House pass in 2018 during Trump’s first term as the president.

Trump Jr. further added on his podcast, “If the New York Times has lied, they’ve been averse to everything, they’re functioning as the marketing arm to the Democrat party, why not open it up to people who have larger viewerships, stronger followings?”

Donald Trump is poised to take oath on January 20 with the inauguration set to take place at the US Capitol which will be attended by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.