{"id":11183,"date":"2026-10-24T17:22:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T17:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11183"},"modified":"2026-10-24T17:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T17:22:33","slug":"trump-says-he-may-move-white-house-press-corps-to-new-location-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11183","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he may move White House press corps to new location | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Published On 24 Oct 2026<\/span>24 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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United States President Donald Trump has confirmed he could move the White House press<\/a> corps to a different location, possibly away from the executive residence.<\/p>\n

In a social media post on Friday, Trump described reports that he planned to remove the White House press briefing room in favour of restoring a historic swimming pool located underneath as \u201cFake News\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI NEVER even thought to do such a stupid thing!\u201d he wrote in a Truth Social post.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, indicated he may relocate dozens of reporters who cover the White House \u201cto a less obnoxious location\u201d.<\/p>\n

The New York Times on Tuesday reported that Trump had pitched his former press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, on an idea to move journalists out of the White House\u2019s storied James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. That proposal did not move forward during Leavitt\u2019s tenure, which ended on August 27.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s remarks come amid a fractious moment between him and the journalists who cover him.<\/p>\n

Last month, Trump banned journalists from three US-based media outlets<\/a> \u2013 CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO \u2013 from the White House, a move that proponents of free speech said violated First Amendment protections.<\/p>\n

A US federal judge ruled<\/a> that the order was likely unconstitutional, forcing the White House to restore the journalists\u2019 access. The Trump administration continues to fight the ruling.<\/p>\n

Trump has also regularly chided and denigrated members of the media he claims cover him unfairly.<\/p>\n

The latest incident was during an Oval Office event on Tuesday when Trump attacked The Independent\u2019s White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there\u2019s something wrong with you\u201d, Trump said as Feinberg tried to ask a question. The moment was amplified by the White House on social media.<\/p>\n

If Trump opts to proceed with changes to the White House press briefing room, it would be the latest in a long list of controversial projects he has ordered that would transform the property.<\/p>\n

Since returning to power last year, the US president has demolished the White House East Wing to construct a new ballroom, installed concrete pavers over the lawn centred in the White House Rose Garden and built a helipad on the South Lawn.<\/p>\n

The Times reported Trump told aides he wanted to bring back a West Wing indoor pool constructed in 1933 for use by President Franklin D Roosevelt, who suffered from polio and often swam, according to his presidential library, to ease soreness.<\/p>\n

In the 1970s, former President Richard Nixon had a floor constructed above the pool to accommodate a briefing room for the growing White House press corps. The pool remains beneath the floor of the briefing room.<\/p>\n

Leavitt confirmed during a Friday interview that Trump was \u201cflirting\u201d with the idea of restoring the pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just, maybe, wants to restore it to all of its glory\u201d, Leavitt said during an appearance on HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d. \u201cI don\u2019t know if he\u2019ll do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House did not immediately return Al Jazeera\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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