President Trump stops to talk to reporters and members of the media as he walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One on Wednesday. The Washington Post, which participated in the briefing, agreed to the rules as laid out by White House press officials at the time, which were to refer to the briefer as a senior White House official. The White House wanted to “let the president’s remarks stand,” the official said. The Times wrote that holding the summit on June 12 would be “impossible” given the short time frame, citing the official while not directly quoting. “Best way to alleviate the President's concern about anonymous sources would be for WH to name the official,” David Sanger, one of the two Times reporters who wrote the story referenced by Trump, said on Twitter on Saturday.

Source: Washington Post May 26, 2018 23:26 UTC