Trump’s Secret Jet Blowback
On Monday evening, The Washington Post published an explosive story detailing how Donald Trump secretly departed Turkey on a separate aircraft after an Iranian assassination threat, leaving journalists and White House staffers aboard Air Force One not only in the dark about his true location, but effectively serving as decoys should an attack have materialized.
In the immediate aftermath of The Post’s front page report, journalists who cover the White House raised serious concerns about their safety with the White House Correspondents’ Association, the group that advocates for their interests, Status has learned. As one would expect, White House journalists were alarmed about the situation, both from reporting and safety standpoints.
On Tuesday evening, new WHCA president Jacqui Heinrich addressed the matter in an off-the-record note sent to members, which was obtained by Status. In the note, Heinrich…
Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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