From Fortune · Catherina Gioino · · 2m
Trump bans outlets, then faces them at Gracie Mansion
President Trump banned three news outlets from the White House, but New York's mayor ensured the press showed up anyway to discuss Haitian immigration.
In brief
President Trump banned three news outlets from the White House, but New York's mayor ensured the press showed up anyway to discuss Haitian immigration. Trump banned CNN, MSNBC and Politico from the White House over coverage he called fake news, but faced the press at Gracie Mansion where New York's mayor pushed him on…
Trump's press paradox
Trump calls reporters the enemy of the people and popularized fake news, yet appears before media on roughly eighty percent of his days in office.
Three outlets banned Friday
Trump announced he was banning CNN, MSNBC and Politico from White House grounds over what he called constant fake news reporting.
Outlets sue over First Amendment
By Monday morning, the three banned outlets filed a joint lawsuit in federal court in Washington D.C., arguing the ban violated their due-process rights and amounted to viewpoint discrimination.
Mamdani brings press to Gracie Mansion
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood next to Trump on the lawn of Gracie Mansion and told him the press would be present. Trump joked they would never boycott him.
“I told the president that we're going to have all of the members of the press here on the lawn, and that is something that I believe in.”
Trump defends the ban
Trump said he had an obligation not to allow the outlets into Gracie Mansion, calling it a special house second only to the White House.
“I really think I have an obligation not to allow them into another very special house.”
Mamdani pushes on Haitian TPS
Mamdani told Trump they discussed restoring Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants, citing support from pastors, developers and healthcare executives.
TPS cuts off work for three hundred thirty thousand
The Supreme Court ruled in June twenty twenty-six that the Department of Homeland Security could end TPS for an estimated three hundred thirty thousand to three hundred fifty thousand Haitians as of July twenty-fourth.
New York's Haitian workforce at stake
New York State has roughly seven thousand Haitian TPS holders working as nursing assistants and home caregivers. The city has the country's second-largest Haitian population, more than one hundred sixty thousand people.
Trump signals openness but no commitment
Trump told Mamdani he feels strongly about taking care of people, but made no commitment to restore TPS. Mamdani had personally invited Trump to Gracie Mansion after they discussed his memories of the house.
“I feel strongly about taking care of people, and that's what we do.”
The key point
Trump banned CNN, MSNBC and Politico from the White House over coverage he called fake news, but faced the press at Gracie Mansion where New York's mayor pushed him on restoring protections for Haitian immigrants.
