2026-09-21T13:00:34.075Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/politics/natalie-harp-trump-media-ban
据知情人士透露，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的亲密助手娜塔莉·哈普上周曾向他展示媒体报道的剪辑片段，随后特朗普便将政客报、CNN和MS NOW三家媒体列入白宫禁入名单。
一位消息人士称，政客报的一幅图表被认为是激怒总统的素材之一，也助力他做出禁止这三家媒体进入白宫场地的决定。第二位消息人士表示，特朗普还观看了电视新闻片段。
特朗普的这一决定是在法院和国会遭遇一系列挫败后做出的，令许多顾问感到意外——包括那些日常负责与媒体打交道的人。当天晚些时候被问及此事时，特朗普并未指出任何特定的报道或紧张事件作为禁令起因。
“没有理由，”周五被问及此次禁令时他说道，还补充道，“这是非常简单的禁令。我不想让他们进入我的办公室，不想让他们在这里。我想说，这项禁令的范围会尽可能广。”
总统表示，他的不满源于多年来的相关报道。“其实就是过去两年累积的报道，你会对此感到厌烦，”他说。
CNN已联系白宫寻求置评。
据知情人士透露，到上周末，特朗普对一连串失利愈发愤怒，其中包括最高法院否决新邮寄投票规则、美联储加息、国会投票限制他对伊朗发动战争的权力，以及一名法官裁定他的名字不得出现在肯尼迪中心相关名单上。
消息人士称，特朗普的政治顾问还向他提供了关于共和党在即将到来的中期选举中前景的理性评估。许多处境岌岌可危的共和党人已开始与特朗普的部分政策决策保持距离。
到周五时，特朗普对媒体报道感到沮丧，这些报道描绘了一系列挫败，并暗示他正在拖累共和党保住国会多数席位的能力。
一位消息人士称，总统做出决定时，一些关键顾问不在西翼办公室。近日宣布治疗后已康复的办公厅主任苏西·瓦尔斯当时不在楼内。副总统JD·万斯在总统宣布决定时，正从爱荷华州的竞选活动返程途中。
卡罗琳·利夫特上月离职后，特朗普目前也没有新闻秘书。尽管特朗普一直在考虑接任人选，但他尚未做出决定，似乎也不急于任命新发言人。
周六上午，CNN、政客报和MS NOW的记者试图进入白宫场地时被拒入内。CNN记者贝琪·克莱因的记者证被没收。这三家新闻机构均已提起关键的第一修正案诉讼，要求恢复其采访资格。
“未收到任何通知或遵循任何程序，白宫就以反对我们的报道为由吊销了我们记者的证件，”这些新闻机构表示，“若此行为不受挑战，将威胁新闻自由以及公众不受政府干预获取独立新闻报道的权利。”
哈普曾是右翼电视主持人，是特朗普最亲密的顾问之一，尤其在他在Truth Social上发布的信息方面。她经常将总统口述的内容整理成帖子，还经常向他分发新闻文章的打印件——其中很多都是正面报道。
上月，民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在一段走红的演讲中点名提到她，抨击特朗普“与娜塔莉乘坐由卡塔尔埃米尔赠送的显然毫无防御能力的飞行宫殿出行”，哈普因此受到媒体广泛关注。
这指的是今年7月，因伊朗威胁，特朗普秘密搭乘小型飞机离开土耳其时，哈普与极少数随行人员一同随行。这番言论激怒了白宫，白宫为哈普辩护并抨击奥索夫。
尽管特朗普在发布禁令时没有点名任何特定报道，但他明确表示，禁令是针对这三家媒体的报道基调。
总统还谈到他的看法，即针对他的报道绝大多数都是负面的，并表示如果目标媒体“能够改过自新”，禁令可能会解除。
第一修正案倡导者谴责这一举措违宪，尤其是如果禁令是由媒体报道的内容所引发的。
据一位知情人士透露，周末期间特朗普前往戴维营停留了一晚，期间他讨论了包括如何推进伊朗问题在内的多项议题。
特朗普原本计划周日离开这座山间度假地，但提前一天离开了。他周日在弗吉尼亚州北部的高尔夫球场度过。
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/us/video/22999179-white-house-rejection-vrtc
Natalie Harp showed Trump coverage clips before he issued media ban
2026-09-21T13:00:34.075Z / https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/politics/natalie-harp-trump-media-ban
President Donald Trump’s close aide Natalie Harp showed him clips of media coverage last week before he banned Politico, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, people familiar with the matter said.
One source said a graphic from Politico was among the material that is believed to have infuriated the president and helped inform his decision to bar the three outlets from the White House grounds. The president also viewed clips from television, a second source said.
Trump’s pronouncement, which came after a string of setbacks in the courts and Congress, caught many advisers — including those who deal with the press on a daily basis — by surprise. Trump did not point to any particular story or tension point as the cause when asked about it later that day.
“No reason,” he said Friday, when asked the ban, adding, “It’s a very simple ban. I don’t want them in my office. I don’t want them here. I would say the ban would go as far as you can.”
The president said his frustration stemmed from coverage dating back years. “It’s really just cumulative stories over the last two years. You get sick of it,” he said.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
Trump had grown increasingly irate by the end of last week at a stack of losses, including the Supreme Court’s decision to block new mail-in voting rules, the Federal Reserve’s decision to increase interest rates, a vote in Congress to rein in his ability to wage war in Iran and a judge’s ruling that his name could not be placed on the Kennedy Center, sources familiar with the matter said.
Trump’s political advisers have also offered him sober assessments of Republicans’ prospects in the upcoming midterm elections, sources said. Many vulnerable Republicans have begun distancing themselves from some of Trump’s policy decisions.
By the time Friday arrived, Trump was frustrated about media coverage depicting the string of setbacks and suggesting he was dragging down Republicans’ ability to retain their congressional majorities.
Some key advisers were not in the West Wing as the president came to his decision. Chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently announced she was cancer-free after undergoing treatment, was not in the building, a source said. Vice President JD Vance was flying back from a campaign stop in Iowa when the president announced his decision.
Trump is also without a press secretary after Karoline Leavitt left the administration last month. While Trump has been considering candidates to replace her, he has not made a decision and does not appear to be in a rush to appoint a new spokesperson.
On Saturday morning, journalists from CNN, Politico and MS NOW were denied access when they tried to enter the White House grounds. CNN reporter Betsy Klein had her badge seized. All three news organizations are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access.
“Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting,” the news outlets said. “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”
Harp, a former right-wing television host, is one of Trump’s closest advisers, particularly when it comes to the messages he posts on Truth Social. She often types out posts the president dictates, and she frequently shares printouts of news articles with him — many of them positive.
She attracted considerable media attention last month when Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff mentioned her by name in a now-viral speech, swiping at Trump’s “travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the Emir of Qatar.”
That was a reference to her joining the president — along with a very limited group — when he secretly boarded a smaller aircraft to leave Turkey due to a threat from Iran in July. The comment outraged the White House, which defended Harp and attacked Ossoff.
While Trump did not single out any particular story in issuing his ban, he made clear it was because of the tenor of the three outlets’ coverage.
The president also talked about his perception that the coverage of him was overwhelmingly negative, and that the ban could be lifted if the targeted outlets “could straighten themselves out.”
First Amendment advocates decried the move as unconstitutional, particularly if it was driven by the substance of the outlets’ coverage.
Over the weekend, Trump traveled for one night to Camp David, where he discussed — among other topics — how to proceed in Iran, according to one person familiar with the matter.
Trump was originally scheduled to depart the mountainside retreat on Sunday, but left a day early. He spent Sunday at his golf course in Northern Virginia.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/19/us/video/22999179-white-house-rejection-vrtc