Trump Defies Court Order, Keeps CNN, MS-NOW Ban in Place

SPEAKER_1 (0:10)

Broadcasting Coast to Coast and Border to Border from Memphis, Tennessee.

Todd Starnes (0:25)

All right, well, the national media, they're in an uproar.

The court, a federal judge said, yeah, Trump, you gotta let CNN and Politico and PMS Now, you gotta let them back in, you gotta let them back into the White House, to the Oval Office. And Trump said, yeah, good luck with that. So the White House and President Trump openly defying the federal judge and not allowing any of the CNN, Politico or PMS Now staffers to enter the White House. So now the reporters are asking for an emergency injunction that would force the, I mean, I don't know, what are they gonna do? Send in the military? And again, is that where we're going with all of this? We're gonna have to get what, Anderson Cooper, a military escort?

You can't make this stuff up, ladies and gentlemen. So look, good on the president. I want him to make their lives as miserable as humanly possible. And now they're all whining because the Communist Chinese, their reporters are in the White House, but CNN is not. You know why? You know why that is? Oh, as a matter of fact, the little dwarf king, Brian Stelter, he's on CNN just a few moments ago. Here's what he had to say, cut 49

Brian Stelter (1:52)

As our colleague, Caitlin Collins put it to me a moment ago, right now, the Chinese Communist state media are allowed on the White House grounds, but we are not. And I think that says it all.

SPEAKER_4 (2:04)

That certainly sums it up.

Todd Starnes (2:09)

You know why, little Brian Stelter, I want to know why the Communist Chinese reporters are allowed, because as bad as the Communist Chinese are, they are nowhere near as bad as the garbage spewing out of CNN and Politico and PMS Now. That's the reason why. So anyway, there is so much outrage. Nobody's even covering Xi Jinping. They're all talking about how bad it is that Trump will not allow CNN and all these others into the White House. So let me just offer a thought here on this. And we'll have more to say about this later because I've got to get to a bit of controversy that we have created and instigated here on the Todd Starnes radio show. Well, by the way, welcome to the show. Great to have you with us today. So here's my thought on this. And we'll put a pin on this topic for just a moment. But here's my thought on this. So first of all, the president is well within his rights to do whatever he wants to do. I mean, that's ultimately it. There is no constitutional requirement that reporters actually be allowed to step foot on the White House grounds, none whatsoever. So it just seems to me that if, in fact, the president is forced to relent, this may go all the way, I don't know, this could go all the way to the Supreme Court. But if that's the case, here's what needs to happen. The president should say, okay, fine, you know what, we will honor the court ruling. We will allow CNN and PMS Now and Politico to come back to their workspace. But here's what I would suggest the president do. The president should instruct the White House staff under no, under no, they are under no obligation and under no circumstances should any member of the staff talk to CNN, acknowledge their presence or even take their questions.

Period. It's almost as if they're ghost. That's how Trump ought to treat him because they're under no ob, Trump is under no obligation to answer their questions, say, how do you do or even acknowledge the fact that they exist. That's what I would do. And the reason why you've got to play hardball with these people, they're nothing more than liars and cheats.

And they're do wells at CNN. These people hate our country, they hate our president, and they have for the past decade, they have committed themselves to the destruction of Donald J. Trump and his family. And it seems to me that at some point, President Trump has a right to say enough is enough.

And that time is come and gone. So anyway, that's where we are right now. And these people are so butt hurt. And it's because they think they're important. And they're nobodies. They're absolute nobodies. By the way, has anybody missed CNN and PMS Now and Politico over the past couple of days now? Anybody? No, I don't think so.

Didn't even realize they were no longer a part of the White House pool. Oh, and so now they've got some of these conservative groups and they're stepping up. And by the way, they're not charging a penny. And they're saying, you know what? We will provide the pool coverage of the president. And it's been just fine. Everything's been hunky dory. So there you go.