Trump continues to ban Associated Press from "America Bay"

To clearly push the media to adopt the ideals and policies of the new White House administration, President Donald Trump continues to prevent the Associated Press from leaving the Oval Office.

The Associated Press said the president stopped their journalists at an event Tuesday after the news agency refused to change its editorial style in the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump has ordered to be renamed to the "Gulf of America." The media said the second AP reporter was later denied access to the evening event in the diplomatic reception room.

"It's shocking that the Trump administration will punish AP's independent journalism," Julie Pace, executive editor of AP said in a statement released on Tuesday. "Limit us to the ellipse based on the content of AP's speeches." The visit to the office not only seriously hindered the public from accessing independent news, but thus clearly violated the First Amendment.”

Trump's first 10 days are marked by the shock of policy actions and executive orders aimed at overwhelming his political opposition. In January, Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and the United States on the highest mountain in Alaska City, back to McKinley Hill in honor of the “Great of America” administration vow.

The Associated Press noted that the waters border the waters of the United States and Mexico and have been named the Gulf of Mexico for more than 400 years, adding that writers and journalists around the world use and rely on their AP-style books.

Since the president's order only carries authorities within the U.S., Mexico and other countries do not need to recognize the name change, the Associated Press said it will take its original name as the original name while acknowledging the new name Trump chose. ”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the ban at a press conference Wednesday. "It is an honor to cover this White House. It is an honor to be the White House press secretary," Levitt said. "And no one has the right to enter the Oval Office and ask the President of the United States. This is the invitation given. …We reserve the right to decide who enters the Oval Office."

In a letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Wednesday, calling on the Trump administration to reconsider its decision, marking potential legal action. "The White House's actions were explicitly intended to punish the content of the speeches of AP," Pace wrote. "This is based on editorial choices from news organizations and discrimination against the First Amendment viewpoint."