Scott Jennings Declares Trump Strategy 'A Miss'

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CNN commentator Scott Jennings criticized the White House's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from President Trump's dinner with Xi Jinping, calling it a communications 'miss' after a judge ordered credentials restored earlier the same day.

Jennings, reportedly a candidate for White House press secretary, said the administration should have complied with the court order 'immediately' rather than delaying, noting Trump wanted the event covered widely and instead got the opposite. The White House claimed the dinner was a 'pre-credentialed event' rather than a ban, even as Trump publicly complained CNN wasn't covering Xi's arrival.

Jennings has otherwise avoided directly criticizing Trump in recent appearances, including sidestepping a question about a 'corruption problem.' This time, on the specific matter of shutting reporters out of an event Trump wanted broadcast widely, he broke from that pattern.

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When your own dinner guest starts coaching you on public relations, you've had a rough week. The administration wanted the cameras rolling for the state dinner and instead spent the news cycle explaining why the cameras weren't invited. That's not strategy, that's a man locking himself out of his own party and blaming the door.

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