Tuesday, chaos ensued as White House staff appeared to order the U.S. news media to leave while UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was speaking and mid-sentence.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes questions from British media and is interrupted by White House aides trying to prevent U.S. reporters from asking questions:
pic.twitter.com/BMAmf61pim— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) September 21, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about the incident by CBS’s Ed O’Keefe.
O’Keefe asked what “transpired in the Oval Office yesterday when we were all in there trying to hear from the president and the prime minister?”
He then clarified what he meant was how “the British prime minister in the American Oval Office called on British reporters, and then, when American reporters tried to call on the American president, we were escorted out.”
Psaki responded “Well, I think, in that circumstance, and I think our relationship with the United Kingdom and with Prime Minister Johnson is so strong and abiding we will be able to move forward beyond this.”
“He called on individuals from his press corps without alerting us to that intention in advance,” she added.
Jen Psaki gets upset that Boris Johnson didn't make the WH aware he was going to take questions from his press corps:
"He called on individuals from his press corps without alerting us to that intention in advance." pic.twitter.com/LPlVINCjrr
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) September 22, 2021
Jen Psaki gets upset that Boris Johnson didn't make the WH aware he was going to take questions from his press corps:
"He called on individuals from his press corps without alerting us to that intention in advance." pic.twitter.com/LPlVINCjrr
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) September 22, 2021