Trump Denies White House Pool Plan, Says He Is Weighing Moving Press Corps
Photo: The HillPresident Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he is considering moving the White House press corps from its historic location, while denying he plans to put a swimming pool in the White House Briefing Room. He wrote that he never had any intention of building one and called the idea a "stupid thing." He also said he may move the press to a less obnoxious location, and he gave no details about a new site on the White House grounds.
The denial responds to a New York Times report published earlier this week. It alleged that Trump proposed renovating the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room to former press secretary Karoline Leavitt before she left in August. The briefing room was built as a swimming pool under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was converted into a press space under Richard Nixon.
Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. The Washington Examiner, on the right, leads with Trump rejecting the report but leaving open a relocation "after a series of press restrictions." It dates the post to Saturday morning and quotes Trump's "Fake News" language. It notes that he did not name the Times, and it supplies the room's history and the Leavitt detail. The Hill, the alternative source, is shorter in the excerpt. It says Trump confirmed on Sunday that he is considering the move, and it quotes the pool denial from a lengthy post about comedian Bill Maher, a detail the Examiner does not mention. The two accounts give different days for the post, Saturday and Sunday, and may describe different posts. Both agree on the pool denial and the possible relocation. With no left-leaning coverage available, no left-right comparison can be made.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; right sources add background on press restrictions and the Times report, while alternative sources note the post's Bill Maher context.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
The Hill leads with Trump confirming he is considering moving the press corps. It quotes his denial of a briefing-room pool and ties the remark to a post about Bill Maher.
The Washington Examiner leads with Trump rejecting the New York Times report while leaving relocation open after press restrictions. It quotes his "Fake News" wording and adds the room's history and the Leavitt detail.