Kaitlan Collins presses Karoline Leavitt on removing the AP, Putin & Ukraine, Gulf of America – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.final thing for you um which White House official made the decision to Bar the AP reporter from the Oval Office and the Diplomatic reception room last night well first of all let me just set the record straight um it is a privilege to cover this white house it's a privilege to be the White House Press Secretary um and nobody has the right to go into the Oval Office and ask the president of the United States questions that's an invitation that is given um and there are hundreds of outlets on this campus many of you in this room who don't have the privilege of being part of that pool every single day and getting to ask the president questions we reserve the right um to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office U and you all have credentials to be here including the Associated Press who is in this briefing room today but isn't it retaliatory in nature is is the argument because there's a reason that the AP was barred which they said was because they're not using the phrase Gulf of America they're using Gulf of Mexico in line with their standards and so the question here is is this setting a precedent that this white house will retaliate against reporters who don't use the language that you guys believe of should use and how does that align with the First Amendment commitment that you were just talking about I was very upfront in my briefing on day one um that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room we are going to hold those lies accountable and it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America and I'm not sure why news outlets don't want to call it that but that is what it is uh the Secretary of interior has made that the official designation in the uh geographical identification name server um and Apple has recognized that Google has recognized that pretty much every other Outlet in this room has recognized that body of water as the Gulf of America and it's very important to this Administration that we get that right not just for people here at home but also for the rest of the world Caitlyn thanks carine I have a few things for you but on the commitment by President Trump he said that he and President Putin agreed to visit each other's respective nations are there any preconditions that President Trump has that President Putin must do before he goes and meets with him withdrawing some forces withdrawing all forces anything like that not that I'm aware of that doesn't mean they don't exist um but I was just talking with the president in our national security team I wasn't made aware of any conditions but if they exist I'm happy to provide those and on the president himself you know he Styles himself as this master negotiator uh he is now deploying these negotiations saying that they start immediately we did hear from the defense secretary Pete heg though today saying that NATO membership is not realistic for Ukraine and neither is returning to pre-24 borders aren't they giving away bargaining chips before these negotiations have even started again I haven't talked to the president about Ukraine's NATO membership um and he appointed several individuals to negotiate on his behalf he's directly involved in these negotiations as well um and I'm sure if you ask him that question in the near future when you're able to he'll give you an answer I just don't want to get ahead of him