Donald Trump says "they never boycott me" amid press access dispute at Mamdani meeting
“It’s interesting ’cause they said they were gonna boycott me, but they never boycott me. So, I wasn’t very worried about that. Look at all that press”
Reported September 22, 2026 by mangalorean.com. Checked word for word against that report.
During a news conference tied to Donald Trump’s Monday stop at New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence, a journalist asked Mamdani about the president’s move to bar reporters from CNN, MS Now and Politico. Mamdani said he had told Trump he supported allowing the news media to be present. Trump, pointing to the journalists there, remarked on the large press contingent, dismissed concerns about coverage, accused the press of spreading false material, and defended blocking some organizations. The meeting was Trump’s first scheduled stop in the city after arriving for United Nations meetings. It stood out because the two politicians hold sharply different views, yet Trump praised Mamdani afterward, and they discussed housing and immigration.
- mangalorean.com ↗︎22 SEP 2026
- ianslive.in ↗︎22 SEP 2026