White House strips reporter's pool access after Trump branded him a 'sick person' as press chiefs cry 'retaliation'
Donald Trump, with reporter Andrew Feinberg at the Oval Office, after calling him a "sick person" — Feinberg says he is in "perfect health" and will be "right back at it tomorrow.
The Independent's Andrew Feinberg was due to be President Donald Trump's print pooler on Thursday's trip to Sioux City, Iowa, until the White House pulled him on Wednesday without explanation. Jacqui Heinrich, who heads the White House Correspondents' Association, called the move 'retaliation'. The White House said no journalist has a constitutional right to access Air Force One.
Feinberg had pressed Trump over a planned golf course at East Potomac Park and a fraud tip line.
Trump also called CNN's Kaitlan Collins a 'low-IQ person' and told ABC's Karen Travers she was 'stupid'.
Trump is reportedly considering turning the White House briefing room into a swimming pool.
