Donald Trump says nothing will stop reporters | Political News

President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that he sincerely doubted that the Pentagon would give you the option to restrict what reporters may cowl relating to national security.

Speaking with reporters on Sunday while heading to Arizona for Charlie Kirk’s memorial, the president was requested by a journalist if the Pentagon ought to resolve what reporters can report on. “No, I don’t think so,” the president said.

“Nothing stops reporters,” Trump added. It was reported on Friday that the Pentagon announced that those reporters who cowl the Department of War would only be allowed to do so if they pledged to restrict what they report.

“Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified,” the new coverage acknowledged. “Failure to abide by these rules may result in suspension or revocation of your building pass and loss of access.”

In his own assertion, Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “The ‘press’ does not run the Pentagon — the people do.” The new rule has drawn condemnation from members of the press.

Hegeth also added, “The press is no longer allowed to roam the halls of a secure facility. Wear a badge and follow the rules — or go home.”

“This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military,” Mike Balsamo, president of the National Press Club, said in a assertion. Two-time Pulitzer-winning reporter Bill Marimow also slammed the new rule.

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“Under Pete Hegseth’s new rules, journalists would have had their press credentials canceled for reporting the Johnson Administration’s lies during the Vietnam War; for John Hersey’s groundbreaking New Yorker report about the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima; the stories about JFK’s disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba; the torture of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison; and countless other stories of importance,” she said. It’s presently unclear if the president’s remarks was meant to be nothing more than his personal remark.

According to Pentagon officers, the motion was needed due to the unauthorized disclosure “poses a security risk that could damage the national security of the United States and place [Defense Department] personnel in jeopardy.”

The Pentagon Press Association, which represents journalists who cowl the Defense Department, said members have been reviewing the directive. Traditionally, members of the press have had access to to a number of unclassified areas in the Pentagon in order to cowl the U.S. Military’s interplay with worldwide affairs.

This contains the workplaces of the Defense secretary, joint workers and six armed companies. In January, the Pentagon reportedly took away a number of credentials away from Politico, the Washington Post, and the New York Times and changed them with conservative retailers.

When other news organizations protested the transfer, the petagon took away credit from NBC News and GWN. The tense new guidelines come as Hegseth has tried to crack down on those staffers who hae been celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.