Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday mocked the Trump administration’s commandeering of the press pool covering the president.
This week press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House would pick and choose which reporters will cover Donald Trump on a daily basis. That duty traditionally belonged to the White House Correspondents’ Association.
The move already resulted in the exclusion of HuffPost, a persistent critic of Trump, from the press pool on Wednesday.
“The Tonight Show” host noticed one particular problem with Trump controlling media access.
“Yep, Trump will now only take questions from Fox News, Foxier News and Foxiest News,” Fallon quipped.
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Fallon kicked off his monologue with political bits. Check them out here: