The Failing @nytimes quotes “a senior White House official,” who doesn’t exist, as saying “even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.” WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018

This official said this in a background briefing on Thursday https://t.co/rYX3dtQY5w

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) May 26, 2018

Am I the only White House reporter who feels that we shouldn’t have to abide by their insistence on speaking on background if the president is just going to use that to attack and defame us?

I’m seriously considering just tweeting out the SAO’s name. https://t.co/HB3gRQHjrv

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) May 26, 2018

I’ve been a professional journalist for more than 50 years. In my view, Trump, with his mendacious tweet, violated the underlying agreement of that background briefing, and so all bets are off. I say name the briefer he claims doesn’t exist. https://t.co/1trDts9g9y

— Clyde Haberman (@ClydeHaberman) May 26, 2018