WHCA President Objects After Reporters Are Placed Closer To Each Other At Donald Trump Press Appearance
Ted Johnson President Donald Trump held a last-minute appearance before the press in the Rose Garden to tout the latest unemployment figures, but viewers will have seen a difference from previous events: Reporters were placed closer together.CNN’s Jim Acosta noted that the chairs for the press were originally distanced apart as they have been for previous Rose Garden events during the coronavirus crisis. But they were moved just before Trump went on TV.This is a flagrant violation of CDC guidelines on social distancing and a move that puts reporters at risk for the purpose of turning the press corps into a prop for a so-called "press conference" where the president refuses to answer a single question.