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A 7-Day Standoff That Said So Much About Trump and the Media

NYT - Media · Michael M. Grynbaum · last updated

An abrupt decree, a network boycott, a legal intervention and an uneasy détente: This was no typical battle between a president and his press corps.

A week ago Friday, at 3:04 p.m., with his chief of staff in Florida and the West Wing winding down for the weekend, President Trump signed off on a 130-word message that sent the Washington press corps into a tailspin.

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