President Trump plans to direct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to the New York Times and Washington Post, the White House says.
"Not renewing subscriptions across all federal agencies will be a significant cost saving for taxpayers - hundreds of thousands of dollars," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.A representative for the Times declined comment.to anyone with a valid .gov or .mil email address.
In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, Trump said he didn't want either paper available on the White House grounds. "The New York Times is a fake newspaper. We don’t even want it in the White House anymore. We’re going to probably terminate that and the Washington Post. They’re fake," Trump said, adding that he'd heard he's received worse media coverage than any president besides Abraham Lincoln."They say he got the worst press of anybody. I say I dispute it."
President Trump says the White House is going to cancel the New York Times and Washington Post subscription, and then says he's gotten worse press than Abraham Lincoln
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