White House to cancel Times, Post subscriptions after Trump’s ‘Hannity’ comments

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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 21: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House October 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The White House said Tuesday it will not be renewing subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post, two papers the president frequently attacks as “fake” and which he suggested canceling the previous night in a TV appearance. 

Monday on Fox News’ “Hannity,” President Donald Trump called the Times “a fake newspaper” and said “we don’t even want it in the White House anymore.”  We’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post,” Trump said. “They’re fake.”

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