{"id":1057061,"date":"2021-11-26T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057061"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T16:43:37","slug":"white-house-blocks-media-access-to-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-video-call-with-u-s-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-blocks-media-access-to-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-video-call-with-u-s-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Blocks Media Access to Joe Biden&#039;s Thanksgiving Video Call with U.S. Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-blocks-media-access-to-joe-bidens-thanksgiving-video-call-with-u-s-troops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236797226-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House blocked media access to President Joe Biden\u2019s video conference call with members of the armed forces on Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Biden traveled via his motorcade to the United States Coast Guard Station Brant Point in Nantucket to hold the traditional video conference call with the troops, but the press was not allowed in to watch him speak.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the White House, Biden spoke with the Marine Corps 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit at sea on the Arabian Gulf, the Navy\u2019s USS Milius (DDG-69) at sea on the East China Sea, the Air Force 837th Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the Coast Guard\u2019s Air Station Kodiak in Alaska, the Space Force\u2019s 18th Space Control Squadron in California, and the Army 194th Armored Regiment in Camp Buehring, Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to curb access to the video call is a departure from the level of access in past years.<\/p>\n<p>When former president Donald Trump was president, he hosted his entire Thanksgiving video call with the press and typically answered several questions from reporters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump makes calls to troops on Thanksgiving\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JTbV0b4bjgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Biden only spoke to reporters after his visit, speaking briefly in front of a group of Coast Guard service members and handing them challenge coins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat am I thankful for? I\u2019m not joking when I say I\u2019m thankful for these guys,\u201d Biden said. \u201cThankful for them and everybody \u2014 I mean that from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden visits Coast Guard station on Thanksgiving\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7sZFPBZLW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>He ignored further questions about other topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House blocked media access to President Joe Biden\u2019s video conference call with members of the armed forces on Thanksgiving. 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