barryamelton@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoA Russian state media reporter invited to Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down, Reuters and AP excludededition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down14
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkA Russian state media reporter invited to Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down, Reuters and AP excludededition.cnn.combarryamelton@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39·edit-24 days agoWait… if the TASS reporter wasn’t approved, how on earth did they gain entry? Could I just show up to the white house and talk my way in to meetings between the POTUS and my enemy leaders too? And would I be politely escorted out if I was discovered?
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up32·4 days agoIt’s like when your roommate’s new girlfriend randomly shows up. You didn’t invite them, but you know exactly why they’re there
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoThey were probably already with the President and walked in with him. That’s my best guess.
minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoYou don’t just appear in the Whitehouse. It takes screening, lists, escorts to the right place. You don’t just slip in.
Wait… if the TASS reporter wasn’t approved, how on earth did they gain entry?
Could I just show up to the white house and talk my way in to meetings between the POTUS and my enemy leaders too?
And would I be politely escorted out if I was discovered?
It’s like when your roommate’s new girlfriend randomly shows up. You didn’t invite them, but you know exactly why they’re there
They were probably already with the President and walked in with him. That’s my best guess.
You don’t just appear in the Whitehouse. It takes screening, lists, escorts to the right place. You don’t just slip in.