Trump Flip-Flops, Throws Support Behind Pentagon Press Policy — And Threatens to Kick Media Out of White House

Isaac Schorr Oct 14th, 2025, 3:36 pm

President Donald Trump threw his support behind Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s controversial new Pentagon press policy on Tuesday, even going so far as to intimate he could throw the media out of the White House.

Hegseth is demanding reporters sign a new agreement imposing restrictions on those covering the Pentagon. Trump expressed skepticism when asked about the restrictions last month, but he changed his tune on Tuesday.

After being asked if he would “consider removing new restrictions on the press that report at the Pentagon?” and if he had spoken to Hegseth, who was sitting a few seats down from him during a Q&A, Trump replie

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