#presidential-communications

#presidential-communications

Donald Trump's personal cell phone number has been making the rounds among Washington reporters, dozens of whom have used it over the past few weeks to score brief interview after brief interview with the leader of the free world about his ongoing war with Iran. A partial list of media organizations that have published "exclusive" or "scoop"-y quotes after hitting up Trump's iPhone includes leading print publications like the New York Times, TV networks (ABC, NBC, PBS, and CNN), foreign newspapers (the Daily Telegraph and Times of Israel).

Tapper dialed. Trump answered. The result was a headline: The big one is coming. That's bombshell news both figuratively and perhaps literally. That same day, Jonathan Karl reported that President Donald Trump revealed to him that potential Iranian successors had been killed in the strikes. Bret Baier went on air and told viewers he had just spoken with the president, who updated the number of Iranian leaders taken out from 48 to 49 and walked through the strategic outlook.