Barack Obama Reacts Donald Trump’s White House Press Ban
Former President Barack Obama is speaking out against President Donald Trump’s decision to ban three major news outlets from the White House, labeling the move “unimaginable.” During an appearance at Colgate University, Obama reflected on the state of the current administration, telling the crowd, “My imagination could not foresee some of the stuff that’s going on right now.” He posed a hypothetical to the audience, asking, “I’m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, ‘You know what, Fox News? You’re out of here.’” RELATED: Donald Trump Speaks Out After Announcing That He’s Banning CNN, MSNOW And Politico From The White House: “It’s Fake News” Obama suggested that the public’s reaction to such a move is a reflection of a deeper issue within the electorate. “If you have a certain cohort — let’s call it 30 to 35 percent of the country right now — which thinks that’s OK, well, what that means is we have not developed the kind of understanding of what democracy requires.
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