r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Feb 28 '25

Discussion Discussion Thread: Press Conference with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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u/ChrisIsUninteresting Mississippi Feb 28 '25

Apparently there was a "reporter" from the Russian state news agency in the press pool. They kicked him out because he wasn't on the approved list, but I'm not sure which is worse, that he was there in the first place or that they didn't discover it until after he was already in the building.

Also, Reuters and AP were both excluded from the press pool.

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u/mrkruk Illinois Feb 28 '25

Trump & Co hoped nobody would notice.

Egregious security breach and everyone should care about this. Maybe we let the Iran & North Korea press wander about and get into the Oval Office for a bit. Just to let them look around.

Have we DOGE'd the Secret Service too?

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u/JAK2222 Massachusetts Feb 28 '25

Trump probably personally invited them

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u/Newagonrider Feb 28 '25

I wonder if that reporter just happened to accidentally have some poison tipped needles on him. You know, like you do. Car keys, phone, poison needles. The norm. Honest mistake and all.

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u/Lumpy-Succotash-9236 Feb 28 '25

what, to kill everyone in the room except for Trump? He's their most valuable asset on earth right now

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u/Accurate_Outcome_510 Mar 01 '25

Obviously to kill Zelensky