First, that the role of the free press is to hold the powerful to account. TRUMP: Right now? And I think — TRUMP: I’m not happy to hear that. So he describes himself as a great defender of the free press, before catching himself and remembering that he should make his defense conditional. A bit later, Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who was also present, asks Trump: “What do you see the role of the free press as?

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2019 14:54 UTC