Former President Barack Obama has spoken out about President Trump’s decision to block three legacy media outlets from entering the White House, and it has predictably backfired on him.
On Friday, Obama addressed a crowd of roughly 4,000 during a ‘conversation’ at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Over the course of an hour, he spoke about a variety of topics, including democracy, leadership, and artificial intelligence.
At one point, Obama went off-script and called out the Trump Administration for confiscating the press passes of POLITICO, CNN, and MSNOW.
Obama marveled at how one man could ban outlets over unfavorable coverage, quipping, “I’m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, ‘You know what, Fox News, you’re out of here!’”
Does someone want to tell him?
Former President Barack Obama on President Trump's White House press ban: "I’m trying to think what would have happened if I had said, you know what, Fox News, you’re out of here! It’s unimaginable!" pic.twitter.com/R1pmoVasEz
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 20, 2026