“The fact that the whole White House Press Corps just silently sits by and lets Trump do this to their colleagues is one of the most spineless things happening in Washington today.”
On Tuesday, MSNBC senior White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard posted on X that the administration had weighed in on the growing backlash.
What exactly Lacey was accused of doing to fellow reporters remains unclear. But critics note that this kind of deflection is entirely in line with how the Trump team typically responds to press controversies—and mirrors the president’s long-running hostility toward the media.
