Just not possible for my team to be accurate in press briefings – US president
US President Donald Trump has suggested cancelling future press briefings in favor of written statements from his administration because of media complaints about lack of “accuracy” of his “surrogates.”
In a series of tweets taking aim at the media early Friday, Trump explained that it’s not possible for his “surrogates” to be perfectly accurate because he is “a very active President with lots of things happening.”
“Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future "press briefings" and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy?” he suggested.
As a very active President with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy!....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
...Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future "press briefings" and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy???
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
Trump also reaffirmed the position that allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election were fabricated by the Democrats as “an excuse for losing the election.”
Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
The tweets come amid a series of media reports that the administration has offered conflicting accounts for the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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The president also issued a warning to Comey in case the former FBI chief is contemplating leaking any information about their encounters.
James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017
