Trump escalates attacks on White House press corps, threatens legal action

President Trump continued a week of verbal assaults on White House-accredited journalists, including insults, disparagement, and a threat, alongside new press restrictions and legal demands. This marks an intensification of his adversarial stance toward the media in his second term, raising concerns about press freedom and the administration's relationship with the press corps. The specific nature of the threat and the scope of restrictions remain unclear, but the pattern signals a deliberate strategy to constrain critical coverage.

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