Axios: Trump’s executive sledgehammer

 🔨 Trump’s executive sledgehammer
 
Photo illustration of Donald Trump with a sledgehammer over his shoulder.
Photo illustration: Maura Losch/Axios. Photo: Getty Images
 
What do a White House ban on journalists, a 250-foot arch near the nation’s capital and Greenland have in common?

President Trump says he needs all of them for national security purposes, Axios’ Avery Lotz writes.

Why it matters: National security concerns have long fueled the expansion of presidential authority. But Trump has leaned on it for an unusually broad set of priorities — clearing obstacles that would otherwise slow him down.Photo: Jon Elswick/AP

🔎 Zoom in: On the morning that the three outlets banned from the White House (CNN, MS NOW and Politico) sued the administration, Trump posted that “FAKE NEWS” is “a threat to our National Security.

He pitched his proposed “triumphal arch” as a dual-use facility housing snipers, drones and ammunition storage “for National Security purposes.

Trump used the same reasoning for his White House ballroom. He touts a drone port on the roof and a huge underground military bunker.

📺 State of play: The other major television networks that make up the White House television pool — CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox News — suspended their participation over CNN’s ban.

The New York Times said it wouldn’t “publish or distribute any images taken as part of the White House still photography pool today.

The Washington Post said it wouldn’t “publish any photographs of today’s presidential events … until midnight Eastern Time, joining a collective effort with photographers in other newsrooms covering the White House.

NPR said it won’t use audio from White House events until further notice.

The White House argued in a statement titled “White House Access Is a Privilege — Not a Right” that “no President is required to host a hostile operation on the grounds.”Keep reading How the pool works.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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