Donald Trump stated that he will likely stop displaying the New York Times and Washington Post in the White House.
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
The claim is a fair extraction of Trump's September 18, 2026 remarks: he said 'we're probably not going to display the paper anymore in the White House, those papers' about the New York Times and Washington Post, and multiple outlets (NYT video transcript, HuffPost, Raw Story, LehighValleyLive) report the same words.
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What was said
… What do you mean by others to come? And how is this fangled? Others to come in terms of fake news? Well, you know, the New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news. They're crummy papers, both doing very poorly, by the way. But we'll. See, we're probably not going to display the paper anymore in the White House, those papers, but, uh, we haven't taken the step of throwing them out, but they're fake news. I want to quickly just read what the Times said. They issued a statement in the last hour. …
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Supports. Trump said on September 18, 2026 that 'we're probably not going to display the paper anymore in the White House, those papers,' referring to the New York Times and Washington Post, as quoted in the NYT video transcript and HuffPost.[1][2]
Supports. Multiple outlets report the same remark, with Raw Story and LehighValleyLive quoting him and describing it as a step short of expulsion.[3][4]
Context. Trump also said 'we haven't taken the step of throwing them out,' so the statement was a hedged possibility rather than a formal ban on the two papers.[1][2]
Context. A later Reuters report says Trump suggested moving the press corps, and a Forth summary says he 'might stop displaying' the papers, but neither changes the September 19 state of affairs described by the claim.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 tier 2, 1 tier 3, 3 not rated
- 1Trump Says He's Banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico From ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Trump Asked What News Outlets He Might Ban Next, Drops 2 ... -...huffpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3'Disgusted' Trump names 'crummy' newspaper stalwarts next on White House chopping blockrawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
- 4Trump says these 2 ‘crummy papers' may be next targets of White House banlehighvalleylive.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Trump suggests he might move press corps out of the White Housermb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6MS NOW, CNN, Politico File Lawsuit Over Trump’s White House Press Ban | Forthforth.news · not rated · cited for: context
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