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Trump called on O'Donnell and answered her press-ban questions at length in the same exchange. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Transcript: White House Oval Office Q&A on the press ban, September 18, 2026 (via Newsmax's The Record) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9c0ec3a4961b0229e4cba1872f6b2a33478bb92ee12e3b428b760681bcb7b605

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[TO O'DONNELL] Yeah, please.
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KELLY O'DONNELL: Earlier today, you posted that you intend to ban CNN, Politico, MS NOW from the White House.
TRUMP: Yeah.
O'DONNELL: Every president takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment.
TRUMP: Yeah, I do too. I do too. Much more so —
O'DONNELL: How do you justify this ban?
TRUMP: — much more so than you?

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