{"id":2434255,"date":"2025-05-13T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mocks-criticism-of-news-wires-cut-from-saudi-trip-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:06:02","slug":"white-house-mocks-criticism-of-news-wires-cut-from-saudi-trip-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mocks-criticism-of-news-wires-cut-from-saudi-trip-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House mocks criticism of news wires cut from Saudi trip &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-mocks-criticism-of-news-wires-cut-from-saudi-trip-washington-examiner%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=2434255&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--><p>The White House has responded to backlash following its decision to exclude wire service reporters, such as those from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg, from President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent trip to Saudi Arabia. This marks the first time in history that Air Force One has not included wire service journalists on a presidential foreign trip.the President started his journey on a plane filled with other media representatives, notably including Sean Hannity from fox News, but the absence of major wire services raised concerns about access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hi-this-is-100-illegal-megyn-kelly-slams-school-district-after-critics-say-it-will-factor-in-race-when-disciplining-students\/\" title=\"\u2018Hi! This Is 100% Illegal\u2019: Megyn Kelly Slams School District After Critics Say It Will Factor In Race When Disciplining Students\">accurate news coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene Daniels, President of the White house Correspondents&#8217; Association, criticized this exclusion, emphasizing its importance for providing the American public with details during meaningful events that could have global implications. In a sarcastic response to Daniels,White House communications director Steven cheung mocked the criticism by posting a screenshot of the statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>This incident reflects the ongoing tension between the Trump governance and the media, a theme that has characterized his presidency. The situation highlights the administration&#8217;s previous conflicts with various media outlets and considerations about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enhancing internal documentation processes<\/a> to ensure openness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House mocks criticism of news wires cut from Saudi trip<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2120640\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The White House broke its silence on the backlash since it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3408940\/white-house-correspondents-association-trump-wires-cut-foreign-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blocked\">blocked<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Reuters,&nbsp;<\/em>and <em>Bloomberg<\/em> from President Donald Trump&rsquo;s trip to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Trump left for Saudi Arabia on Monday with a host of press aboard Air Force One, including Fox News&rsquo;s Sean Hannity. However, there was no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-leak-says-biden-whines-about-bad-coverage-to-reporters-in-off-the-record-conversation\/\" title=\"Report: Leak Says Biden Whines About Bad Coverage To Reporters In Off-The-Record Conversation\">wire service reporter<\/a> on board. The trip is Trump&rsquo;s second foreign trip since reentering the Oval Office for a second term.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3409767\/foreign-emoluments-clause-trump-ethics-rule-qatar-plane\/\">What is the emoluments clause? 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Cheung posted a screenshot of Daniels&rsquo;s statement on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh no! A strong worded email!&rdquo; Cheung captioned the message.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh no! A strong worded email! &#128561;<\/p>\n<p>FOH! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rf1VF7BGAB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rf1VF7BGAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenCheung47\/status\/1922359995477176337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3409299\/sean-hannity-saudi-arabia-relationship-united-states-interview-trump-riyadh\/\"><strong>SEAN HANNITY SEES &lsquo;DESIRE&rsquo; FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO WORK WITH TRUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has long battled with the media. 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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to leave the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3329833\/trump-takeover-whca-press-rotation-white-house-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Associated Press\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>  out of her press conferences when the outlet refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as Trump renamed it in an executive order.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the&nbsp;White House&nbsp;might use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3305308\/white-house-weighing-new-hires-record-all-trump-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"more stenographers\">more stenographers<\/a> to transcribe Trump&nbsp;as he has proven to be talkative during his first days in office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2120640\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2120640\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House ridicules backlash over news wire exclusion from Saudi trip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2434256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-Middle-East-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7375,55172,55173,32076,32127],"class_list":["post-2434255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criticism","tag-news-wires","tag-saudi-trip","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trump-Middle-East-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434259,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434255\/revisions\/2434259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}