Trump’s relations with the media — never strong to begin with — have taken another sour turn with dwindling opportunities for on-camera engagement with the president’s representatives. Board members of the White House Correspondents Association met with Spicer on Monday and expressed the importance of Americans getting the chance to question leaders. “We believe it is in the interest of transparency to have regular televised briefings,” said Jeff Mason, a Reuters correspondent and president of the White House reporters’ group. Raising the idea that Comey may have been taped in the White House “was a smart way to make sure he stayed honest in those (congressional) hearings,” she said. “Well,” Trump replied, “it wasn’t very stupid, I can tell you that.”——–AP White House correspondent Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 19:41 UTC