President Donald Trump probably didn’t expect his attempt to silence members of the press to boomerang like this.
Footage from a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House came with completely indecipherable audio, following the press pool’s decision to stop filming daily events at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. after CNN, Politico and MS NOW were banned from the grounds.
Though the White House’s social media accounts were there to capture Trump as he unveiled the new granite helipad on the South Lawn, the sounds of the Marine One chopper just yards away completely drowned out any of the president’s remarks — a problem professional newsmakers and their boom mics would have easily handled.
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