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The questioner cited a similar first-term CNN ban that did not survive a court challenge. 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 sha256:8c62597bd74eec1ad75f9d96be89eff9247bfe02e04a9a1227bb423be308add6

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NAOMI LIM: In the first administration, you tried a similar ban against CNN, and it didn't survive a court challenge. What makes you think that this move will?
TRUMP: Well, we'll see. I mean, it didn't — we didn't have to take it too far because the reporter that you're talking about discredited himself. … I mean, I don't think a court should allow — depends on the judge you get, to be honest with you. I don't think that a court should allow fake news to be written day after day after day.

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