Donald Trump Threatens to Stop Holding Press Briefings

President Donald Trump, frustrated by a biased press comprised of members who seem all too willing to attack him all the time, threatened in a Friday tweet to stop holding conferences for the media.

“Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future ‘press briefings’ and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???” he tweeted.

…Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future “press briefings” and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

Again, he called out the fake news media.

And he blasted the mainstream media — the “Fake Media” — for going above and beyond the normal work day to churn out what he characterized as hit piece reports.

The Fake Media is working overtime today!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017

From the Huffington Post:

“At first, the White House claimed the president had acted on recommendations from the Justice Department and that the decision was not related to the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign’s Kremlin ties. But just two days later, Trump admitted that he’d been considering firing Comey since before he took office and that he did make his decision partly because of the Russia investigation.”

Of course, the Huffington Post would be characterized by Trump as fake news in and of itself. All along the campaign trail, and even as Trump assumed the high office, the Huffington Post tacked on an editorial note to each and every story that mentioned Trump’s name to say, with scathing viciousness, Trump was a misogynist and sexist, possessed of other derogatory traits, as well.

The Huffington Post ultimately halted it practice — well in Trump’s White House service — but also said it reserved the right to start tacking back on the editor’s note, should the president show himself to be needful of the scolding.

So Trump’s threat?

Well, here’s a thought: he’s still got Twitter. He’ll very likely get his thoughts and words out to the American people, with or without the mainstream media.