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Blanche says Trump has right to restrict White House, Air Force One media access
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USAF aircraft carrying the US president
Air Force One is the official air traffic control–designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. The term is commonly used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used to transport the president, and as a metonym for the primary presidential aircraft, VC-25 or VC-25B, although it can be used to refer to any Air Force aircraft the president travels on.
More on Wikipedia ↗Residence and workplace of the US president
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. The White House is also a metonym for the Executive Office of the President.
More on Wikipedia ↗President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche said that President Donald Trump made a decision to restrict media access “after years and years of one-sided media coverage,” while he described the phenomenon as “not fair to the American people.”
A CNN reporter was prevented from boarding Air Force One over the weekend.
Trump’s attorney general did not explain how that related to the president’s attendance at a college football game in Tennessee.