Melania Trump cancels the visit to the real detention center, where the press was banned from shooting photos and video, but holds a photo-op at a church shelter that is NOT a detention center. https://t.co/2neyffeAEF pic.twitter.com/zDPdt3Zhjj

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 21, 2018

The Trump administration wanted the images on cable news of the First Lady visiting Upbring New Hope Children’s Shelter. They staged quite a photo-op at the shelter. The problem is the White House then canceled the trip to the real detention center where children are being caged.

The White House blamed flash flooding for their cancelation of the visit to the detention center, but locals knew of the flash flooding yesterday, which leads one to suspect that the plan was always for Trump to visit the nice shelter for the cameras and then return back to Washington.

The administration had already banned reporters from taking photographs or video of Trump at the detention center. According to the White House Press Pool as provided to PoliticusUSA, ” The tours will be pen and pad only for the pool. No photos or audio, for the safety and privacy of children, we are told.”

Trump is suddenly worried about the safety and the privacy of children being kept in cages. Sure, he is.