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President Donald Trump appeared visibly annoyed when CNN and MS NOW reporters returned to the White House press corps during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the South Lawn of the White House. This followed Trump's earlier attempt to ban these outlets from covering events at the White House due to their perceived "FAKE NEWS." Despite his previous criticism, Trump praised the coverage from the press during a tea meeting, thanking them for being fair and positive about US-China relations. The article highlights the tension between Trump and the media over access and coverage during high-profile visits like that of President Xi Jinping.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 25, US TV networks resumed coverage of President Donald Trump’s events at the White House after a judge ordered the administration to lift its ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. The ban was imposed last week due to what Trump described as unfavorable press coverage. Despite the reinstatement, tensions remain high; the networks ceased filming White House events in solidarity with banned outlets earlier in the week, resulting in no pool footage during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit on September 24-25. The court battle continues, and CNN was barred from traveling with Trump to Tennessee for a weekend trip, though reasons were not officially provided by the administration.
Written for “White House Press Access Controversy” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 182 other(s) covering the same event.
President Donald Trump appeared to be dissatisfied with the return of CNN and MS NOW to the White House press corps as reporters shouted questions to him in a flurry as he stood alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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he → appear → Jinping
Reporters yelled questions as the two heads of state and their wives stood Friday in front of the South Lawn of the White House, the morning after Trump hosted Xi for a lavish state dinner.
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Trump → yell → dinner
The president’s facial expression gave away that he was annoyed to have the press back shouting questions during their exchange, as the bulk of this state visit has been undertaken without pool coverage as a result of the ban, which was overturned by a DC judge on Thursday.
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which → give → Thursday
“Mr. President, did you call on President Xi to stop buying oil from Iran?” one reporter shouted.
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reporter → call → Iran
Another yelled, “Why are you banning media outlets?”
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you → yell → outlets
None of the parties responded.
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None → respond → parties
Another reporter asked, “Should U.S. taxpayers pay for ads about you, Mr. President?” in response to a campaign-style ad that the U.S. government released that played on Fox News earlier this week, which promoted how his administration would “defeat communism, socialism and Marxism.”
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administration → ask → communism
Last week, Trump attempted to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS.”
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their → attempt → NEWS
“Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America.
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they → write → America
Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow,” he said at the time.
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he → follow → time
Trump would later verbally attack CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins when she tried to ask him a question when he visited the United Nations.
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he → attack → Nations
The decision to ban journalists led to major television networks to halt their coverage of the White House.
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networks → ban → House
The White House would respond by creating Trump TV, but the feed received low ratings.
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feed → respond → ratings
US District Judge Tim Kelly later ordered the White House to lift its ban on the outlets.
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Kelly → order → outlets
The Trump administration would later reluctantly reinstate the credentials for the three outlets.
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administration → reinstate → outlets
But reporters said they were blocked from covering Xi’s arrival at the state dinner.
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they → say → dinner
Still, despite all of the criticism of media coverage, president would praise coverage from the press during a tea meeting with first lady Melania Trump, Xi and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan.
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president → praise → Trump
“We've made great strides very positive for both countries,” he said.
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he → make → countries
And we appreciate the fair coverage.
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we → appreciate → coverage
We appreciate it.”
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We → appreciate → it
The president had hosted Xi for a summit to discuss AI.
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president → host → AI
The president has attempted to rebrand AI as “super intelligence,” saying that there need not be any major guardrails for it.
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president → attempt → it
On Friday, he posted on Truth Social that Xi agreed with him.
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Xi → post → him
“Tremendous things will be happening.
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things → happen → ?
Like almost everyone else, he seemed to like calling the poorly and inaccurately named Artificial Intelligence to a far more accurate and important name, SUPER INTELLIGENCE.
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he → seem → name
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