— Philip Rucker, Carol LeonnigThe White House abruptly banned Lemire and three other U.S. journalists from covering Trump’s dinner with Kim shortly thereafter, where the leaders tried to bond over grilled sirloin and chocolate lava cake. This was an extraordinary act of retaliation by the U.S. government, which had historically upheld the rights of journalists whenever a president traveled overseas, and especially in the presence of autocrats whose countries do not have a free press.
Replicated under Fair Use from A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig.