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Trump Threatens to End Daily News Briefings

HeadlineMay 15, 2017

President Trump threatened Friday to end daily news briefings, suggesting he may simply host his own news conference every few weeks. On Twitter, Trump also acknowledged White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders have issued false statements to the press in the last week, writing, “As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!”
Meanwhile, lawn ornaments have begun popping up, depicting White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hiding “among” the bushes—after Spicer spent several minutes attempting to hide himself in the shrubbery outside the White House while Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway were doing interviews on Tuesday about the firing of James Comey.

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