Washington (dpa-AfX)-US President Donald Trump defends the difficult access for reporters from the US news agency Associated Press (AP) through the White House. “The Associated Press simply refuses to adhere to the laws and to what is going on,” said Trump. In the past few days, it became known that AP, according to its own statement, was repeatedly denied by the White House. The reason: AP does not take over the new name for the Gulf of Mexico – “Golf of America”.
“He is called” Gulf of America “. Now it is no longer called Gulf of Mexico,” emphasized the Republican. “We will keep them outside until they agree that it is the” Gulf of America “.” Trump accused the news agency to treat him and the Republicans poorly. “You don’t do us a favor and I guess I don’t do you a favor,” he added. Trump regularly calls the media’s enemies of the people and disparages the press during appearances.
News agencies from Europe had previously criticized the difficult access for AP through the White House. The restrictions prevented reporting about the White House of people in Europe-either directly from AP or about its European partner media houses, criticized the European Alliance of News Agencies (Eana). News agencies have contracts with numerous media houses that can use their reporting for research or can enter them directly. The Associated Press is one of the most important news agencies worldwide ./nau/dp/zb